criterion collection

πŸ”₯ criterion collection: What You Need to Know Right Now!

Trend Status: πŸ”₯ Peak Popularity (100/100)

Key Overview

The Criterion Collection, Inc. (or simply Criterion) is an American home-video distribution company that focuses on licensing, restoring and distributing "important classic and contemporary films". A "sister company" of arthouse film distributor Janus Films, Criterion serves film and media scholars, cinephiles and public and academic libraries.

History

History

The company was founded in 1984 by Robert Stein, Aleen Stein and Joe Medjuck, who later were joined by Roger Smith. In 1985, the Steins, William Becker and Jonathan B.

Contributions and influence

Contributions and influence

The Criterion Collection video company pioneered the correct aspect-ratio letterboxing presentation of films, as well as commentary soundtracks, multi-disc sets, special editions and definitive versions. These ideas and the special features introduced by the Criterion Collection have been highly influential, and have become industry-wide standards for premium home video releases.

Formats

Formats

All Criterion titles are numbered, which is shown on the bottom of the spine of the packaging. Though the bulk of Criterion's catalog is of live-action films, they have also released animated films (such as Akira, Fantastic Planet, Fantastic Mr.

See also

See also

Criterion Closet

External links

External links

Criterion Collection – official site Criterion Channel – official site Criterion Collection at Blu-ray.com Criterion Collection at NPR Criterion Collection titles on Netflix Instant Watch at MUBI The Criterion Collection's channel on YouTube Criterion Origin History (video; 15:45) on YouTube Criterion Supercut (1190 titles; May 2023) (video; 23:45) on YouTube Criterion Closet Picks

πŸ“’ Hashtags: #demographic #canon #reference #scale #age

Comments