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	The History Of The Criterion Collection: The Origins Of Laserdisc And DVD Special Editions
		The Criterion Collection revolutionized the LD format and invented the "annotated movie" and the "special edition." The commentary tracks and supplementary materials that are now so essential to DVD trace their origins to special-edition laserdiscs and interactive CD-ROMs introduced by Criterion in the 1980s and early '90s.
		Criterion was also a key player in the establishment of laserdiscs as the home video format of choice for cinephiles.
		Before the Criterion Collection existed, all Cinemascope and other widescreen films suffered a debilitating pan-and-scan treatment that lopped off their sides to fit them into the square-ish television screen, be it for broadcast or home video release.
	www.cultureplanet.com /crit2.htm (1233 words)

	Salon Column \| The disc master (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It's a measure of Criterion's desire to balance form and content that its producers voted "Grand Illusion" to be the symbolic first entry in its DVD line.
		On the two-year anniversary of Criterion's entrance into DVDs, we discussed its experience packaging films as different as Ozu's "Good Morning" and the rather less-acclaimed movie that was the subject of my first question.
		It's a great privilege for Criterion to be able to go and poke through what exists in film archives -- but poking around is part of the fun that we should pass along.
	archive.salon.com /ent/col/srag/2000/03/23/criterion/print.html (4586 words)

	Inside the Criterion Collection: A Conversation with Peter Becker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		For 15 years, Criterion has been providing fans with the best quality classic films on DVD and laserdisc, and their well-earned reputation is second to none.
		Criterion itself is represented by a team of the medium's best producers of special edition discs.
		Criterion was certainly the first company to make a commitment to present every film in its original aspect ratio.
	www.thedigitalbits.com /articles/criterionpb.html (4545 words)

	Rotten Tomatoes Forums - What's the Criterion Collection?
		Criterion began with a mission to pull the treasures of world cinema out of the film vaults and put them in the hands of collectors.
		Criterion Collection editions are generally available throughout the US and Canada.
		The Criterion Collection produces their own DVDs ("a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films," as they say), while a company called Home Vision Entertainment (www.homevision.com) serves as their distributor.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=186087 (1154 words)

	Reel.com: DVD - Criterion Collection
		Criterion presents a gorgeous digital transfer of Godard's dazzling surreal classic that artfully blends film noir and science fiction.
		Criterion DVD includes rare interview with director Seijun Suzuki and Japanese film ephemera from collector John Zorn.
		Criterion's edition of this French New Wave classic uses a new digital transfer supervised by director Agnès Varda, with the color opening sequence intact.
	www.reel.com /reel.asp?node=dvd/criterion (992 words)

	Collectibles :: The Criterion Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films, is dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements.
		The foundation of the collection is the work of such masters of cinema as Renoir, Godard, Kurosawa, Cocteau, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Dreyer, Eisenstein, Powell and Pressburger.
		Criterion's uniquely created supplements enable viewers to appreciate Criterion films in context, through audio commentaries by filmmakers and scholars, restored director's cuts, deleted scenes, documentaries, shooting scripts, early shorts, and storyboards.
	www.davisdvd.com /misc/collectibles/criterion_a.html (205 words)

	The Criterion Collection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Criterion Collection was founded in 1984 by Robert Stein, Aleen Stein (then Robert's wife), and Roger Smith.
		In both cases, Criterion pioneered the concept of the special edition, in which a movie is presented with numerous bonus materials including trailers, directors' audio commentaries, behind-the-scenes documentaries, alternate endings, deleted scenes, and more.
		Criterion was a laserdisc pioneer, but was a late entrant into the DVD market, not releasing its first titles on the new format until DVD had been on the market for approximately a year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Criterion_Collection (1901 words)

	USATODAY.com - Criterion: Nobody does it better (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		NEW YORK — Long before it became fashionable to collect movies on DVD, the Criterion Collection was outfitting — and accessorizing — stylish home video releases.
		Criterion versions of The Tin Drum, Rashomon and La Strada are among the Web-based DVD rental service's most popular and top-rated films.
		The first Criterion release in 1984 was King Kong (1933) on the music-LP-size laserdisc format that had launched seven years earlier.
	www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2004-06-28-criterion_x.htm (732 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Seven Samurai: Criterion Collection (Special Edition) (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In Kurosawa's eyes, Western modernism and Japanese traditionalism, and their divergent definitions of what it is to be fully human, aren't mutually exclusive but cyclical and interdependent: The purpose of the individual is to serve the collective even as the purpose of the collective is to nurture and respect the individual.
		According to Criterion's liner notes, the brand new high-definition transfer was sourced from a new negative created from a fine-grain master positive (the original camera negative no longer exists).
		Criterion delivers a splendid presentation of the film, coupled with an orgy of extras with contributions from a boatload of scholars, critics, film historians, and filmmakers.
	www.dvdverdict.com.cob-web.org:8888 /reviews/sevensamuraise.php (3678 words)

	DVD Talk Review: John Cassavetes: Five Films - Criterion Collection (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-11.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Perhaps the most ambiguous film in the entire collection, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a combination of elements: a crime story flecked with nods to film noir, a character study in which we learn very little about the individuals focused on.
		Criterion's presentation of John Cassavetes: Five Films is the best DVD package of the year, even without the inclusion of a couple of the director's seminal works.
		And Criterion has created one of the essential, epic DVD collections in the short span of this digital entertainment medium.
	www.dvdtalk.com.cob-web.org:8888 /reviews/read.php?ID=12524 (9106 words)

	dOc DVD Review: Ran (Criterion Collection) (1985)
		Kurosawa's carefully planned and implemented color scheme looks glorious, and the images shimmer with verisimilitudeÑmuch of it is eye-poppingly beautiful, and the brightness and clarity of the images stand here in even more stark contrast with the emotional darkness of the storyline.
		Criterion has ditched Peter Grilli's commentary from the previous release (its absence will cause you to shed no tears), but retained Stephen Prince's, which has been modestly amplified and re-worked.
		Criterion has finally favored us with a DVD release worthy of the movie's epic accomplishments—one of the great wrongs on DVD has been righted, and it's hard to think of a better release for this or any other year.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=8140 (2037 words)

	Reel.com: DVD - Criterion Collection
		Criterion releases this classic gangster drama in a brand new transfer with extras including an interview, documentary excerpts, a study of the film's lasting influence, and the theatrical trailer.
		This Criterion DVD release includes the new director's cut version of the film in digitally remastered, letterbox format.
		Criterion's two-disc edition of Anderson's clever drama about familial ties offers director commentary, multiple featurettes, outtakes, interviews, and more.
	www.reel.com /reel.asp?node=dvd/criterion/4 (673 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Videodrome: Criterion Collection
		Since this is a Criterion release, it almost goes without saying that the digital transfer of the film is stupendous.
		I compared this copy of the film to the original DVD release (which, admittedly, was a fairly poor transfer), and the superiority of the Criterion transfer is almost shocking.
		The Criterion Collection's release of Videodrome is everything a Cronenberg fan could ever want, and is by far the best place to start for those who have yet to be exposed to this master craftsman.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/videodrome.php (2464 words)

	DVD Authority \| DVD Review of "Masculin Feminin: Criterion Collection" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Criterion's disc isn't loaded, but has some nice extras and for fans of Godard, Masculin Feminin is certainly worth a look.
		As always, Criterion has used a digital restoration process to enhance the elements, so debris, unwanted grain, and even scratches have been minimized, with striking results.
		Criterion has cleaned up the elements and removed many imperfections, but this is still an older mono soundtrack.
	www.dvdauthority.com /reviews.asp?reviewID=4463 (623 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Rashomon: Criterion Collection
		There are some moments when the film shows its age; even the wizards at Criterion were not able to get rid of all the scratches and nicks, and there is some very pronounced film grain in the more brightly-lit scenes.
		Criterion has been a bit stingy with the extra features on some of their releases of late, but Rashomon is a pleasant exception.
		Criterion's Rashomon disc includes a very good one by Donald Richie, a noted historian of Japanese film and author of The Films of Akira Kurosawa.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/rashomon.php (1920 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Reviews : Traffic: The Criterion Collection
		Criterion's release adds to our understanding of the film; it contributes yet another sterling addition (spine number 151) to the Criterion catalog; and gives the reviewer a chance to answer some questions posed by previous viewings.
		Re-reading the interview, it seems that in fact they were simply dissatisfied with the Flowers death sequence because it represented for them something of a clumsy, perhaps overly dramatic way of disposing of a character.
		Yes, Traffic is mostly a collection of almost TV-level clichés derived from crime stories — the two cop buddies, one of whom dies; the bigwig whose own daughter, unbeknownst to him, is more or less a criminal; the naive search for the daughter.
	www.dvdjournal.com /reviews/t/traffic_cc.shtml (2599 words)

	DVD Times - Equinox: Criterion Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Some of the more staid fans of the company have tut-tutted at their decision to release this but it’s surely right that they give some space to this kind of cult movie, especially one which was the first work for some significant figures in the industry.
		I can well imagine how some fans of the label might be very dismissive over this release, but I think Criterion should be applauded for their usual exhaustive efforts in bringing this to us.
		This is certainly one I have been waiting for ever since it was announced and I wish Criterion would slip more of these types of sets into their release schedules.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=61940 (2848 words)

	THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- REBECCA (CRITERION COLLECTION)
		The Criterion Collection has done a truly wondrous job with their fl and white transfer of REBECCA, which improves upon the very nice movie only edition previously released by Anchor Bay Entertainment.
		Leonard J. Leff, the author of Hitchcock and Selznick recorded an audio commentary for the previous Criterion Laserdisc release of REBECCA, and the track is offered on this DVD as well.
		Criterion’s DVD looks and sound marvelous, so when you factor in the overwhelming supplemental materials, you come up with a disc that belongs in every serious movie buff’s collection.
	www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd2/reviews/rebecca-criterion-dvd.htm (765 words)

	The Criterion Collection - Last update 8/24/06
		The Criterion Collection is dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements.
		Each film in the collection is presented uncut, in its original aspect ratio, as its maker intended it to be seen.
		Longtime Criterion collectors, to whom we owe our thanks, have come to trust the Criterion banner as a symbol of technical excellence, groundbreaking supplements, and only the very best in film.
	www.dvdmg.com /criterion.shtml (443 words)

	www.myspace.com/criterionco
		The foundation of the collection is the work of such masters of cinema as Renoir, Godard, Kurosawa, Cocteau, Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky, Hitchcock, Fuller, Lean, Kubrick, Lang, Sturges, Dreyer, Eisenstein, Ozu, Sirk, Bunuel, Powell and Pressburger.
		Whether setting his romances and battles of the sexes against summery beaches or snowy cityscapes, Rohmer has always been a stickler for environmental detail, often delaying shooting on his scripts "for months and even in some cases years" until he could achieve the right effect.
		i'm surprised there hasn't been a south korean movie in the criterion collection yet, they've been making a lot of great movies in the last 5 years (3-iron, a bittersweet life, memories of murder, save the green planet, etc).
	www.myspace.com /criterionco (2415 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Robocop: Criterion Collection
		The best thing about Criterion special editions is the level of production put into their commentary tracks.
		It was only at the urging of his wife that he re-read the script and (with a little direction from her) found a few additional layers he could work with.
		Criterion shows off what it does best, delivering a decent transfer and sound on a great movie with an awesome set of extras.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/robocopcc.php (1292 words)

	Orphic Trilogy DVD: The Criterion Collection at Criterion DVD.com
		The Criterion Collection is proud to present the DVD premiere of the Orphic Trilogy in a special limited-edition three-disc box set.
		Criterion's done a nice Criterion-quality job in assembling Jean Cocteau's 3 most famous films, but seeing them all together left me a little disappointed.
		In returning to the Orpheus myth three times over a thirty year span, Cocteau displayed an ongoing fascination with the artist as a chosen creature, attuned to a special realm of beauty that eludes the common run of humankind.
	www.criteriondvd.com /criterioncollection/orphic_trilogy.php (1565 words)

	DVD Times - Viridiana (Criterion Collection) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Criterion’s booklet provides some information on the transfer, but it’s generic and not as helpful as the information the Masters of Cinema releases provide on their restorations.
		The booklet that comes with the set is up to the usual Criterion standard, containing an essay by film historian Michael Wood, that is reasonably informative, though over-descriptive in relating the plot, and an excellent archive interview with Buñuel.
		Criterion present the film very well indeed, with a lovely anamorphic transfer and some informative features that complement the film well and are more thought-provoking than their usual exhaustive analytical academicism.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=61867 (2631 words)

	Rebecca: Criterion Collection (1940)
		While the Criterion edition moderately improved upon that image, for the most part the two seemed pretty similar in regard to their levels of overall quality.
		However, the picture really did seem quite clean, and this was one area in which the Criterion release topped the old one; the latter was pretty free of defects as well, but the new edition came across as even less problematic in that regard.
		In regard to the DVD, both the picture and the sound quality are very good for such an old movie, and Criterion have absolutely packed the set with fine supplements.
	www.dvdmg.com /rebeccacriterion.shtml (3243 words)

	DVD Talk Review: The Complete Mr. Arkadin - Criterion Collection (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-11.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Criterion Collection remedies this (and then some!) with its release of "The Complete Mr.
		An impressive collection of outtakes and rushes offers more than the expected bloopers, deleted scenes, and alternate takes (although they're here, too) - we get a rare glimpse at footage of Welles on the set, a chance to see and hear a master at work.
		If you're familiar with Criterion, then you already know that all of the special features come with a page of on-screen text to help detail what you're about to watch.
	www.dvdtalk.com.cob-web.org:8888 /reviews/read.php?ID=21038 (2209 words)

	Spartacus: Criterion Collection (US - DVD R1) in Reviews > Video Discs at DVDActive
		The Criterion edition of Spartacus uses the same 1992 restoration of the film as the earlier Universal Studios release, which includes footage that had been cut in post-1960 theatrical releases.
		The critical difference between the Criterion and Universal editions is that the Criterion is anamorphically enhanced, while the Universal edition is not.
		In the meantime, the Criterion edition is the best choice if you know that you like the movie, and want the best transfer of it.
	www.dvdactive.com /reviews/dvd/spartacus-criterion-collection.html (1695 words)

	40 - Armageddon - The Criterion Collection Forum
		but to try to see the silver lining in everything, i would see it as a way for normal moviegoers to step into the world of the criterion collection and to broaden their horizons and/or reaffirm their likes or dislikes in film.
		Personally, I very much appreciate Criterion's existence--the fact that they make great but obscure films available, the fact that they strive to make each DVD edition the highest possible quality--from transfers to subtitles to commentaries to artwork.
		The Rock is badass and I'm damn glad it's a part of the criterion collection.
	www.criterionforum.com /index.php?showtopic=47 (2608 words)

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