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. 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. All of the films published under
the Criterion banner represent cinema at its finest. In our seventeen years,
we've seen a lot of things change, but one thing has remained constant: our
commitment to publishing the defining moments of cinema in the world's best
digital editions.
The foundation of the collection is the work of such masters of cinema as
Scorsese, Renoir, Godard, Kurosawa, Cocteau, Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky, Hitchcock,
Fuller, Lean, Kubrick, Lang, Sturges, Dreyer, Eisenstein, Ozu, Sirk, Buñuel,
Powell and Pressburger. Each film is presented uncut, in its original aspect
ratio, as its maker intended it to be seen. For every disc, we track down
the best available film elements in the world, use state-of-the-art telecine
equipment and a select few colorists capable of meeting our rigorous
standards, and take time during the film-to-video digital transfer to create
the most pristine possible image and sound. Whenever possible, we work with
directors and cinematographers to assure that the look of our releases does
justice to their intentions. Our supplements enable viewers to appreciate
Criterian films in context, through audio commentaries by filmmakers and
scholars, restored director's cuts, deleted scenes, documentaries, shooting
scripts, early shorts, and storyboards. To date, more than 35 filmmakers
have made our Director Approved library of laserdiscs and DVDs the most
significant archive of contemporary filmmaking available to the home viewer.
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