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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. Turell founded the Voyager Company [8] to publish educational multimedia CD-ROMs (1989–2000), [8] [9] and the Criterion Collection became a subordinate division of the Voyager Company, with Janus Films holding a minority stake ...
Also in celebration of Criterion's 40th anniversary, the Criterion Collection 40 box set (abbreviated to CC40) was announced in the summer of 2024 which consists of 40 "of the films most frequently selected from the closet" and includes "all of the special features from their stand-alone editions" as well as a series of essays. [15]
A prototype for five-channel surround sound, then dubbed "quintaphonic sound", was used in the 1975 film Tommy. [6]5.1 dates back to 1976, [7] when Dolby Labs modified the track usage of the six analogue magnetic soundtracks on Todd-AO 70 mm film prints.
FilmStruck organized films in themed collections, while the Criterion Channel had original content such as their "Meet the Filmmaker" and "Adventures in Moviegoing" series, five-minute micro-lectures, as well as thematic programming like Friday double features and Tuesday short and feature film pairings. Some films featured hosted introductions.
The next year, in 2008, the American home-video distribution company Criterion Collection partnered with The Auteurs to begin a video-on-demand service. In 2010, the Auteurs changed its name to "Mubi" or "MUBI", [ 9 ] a two-syllable word with no specific meaning that rhymes with "movie", [ 10 ] its creators stating that they wanted "a name all ...
Criterion has since reclaimed the rights and the film is currently available on its streaming platform, the Criterion Channel (as of July 2022). [35] In March 2021, it was remastered and re-released by Criterion as part of their Blu-ray box set, The World of Wong Kar Wai. [36] [37]
The series was released on Blu-ray and two-disc DVD by The Criterion Collection in February 2012. [5] The Criterion release is using the 24 frames per second native blu-ray HD encoding system. [6] It was also released on limited edition Blu-ray by Second Sight in February 2019, simulating 25 frames per second of the PAL system. [7] [6]
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