品牌故事 8 the Criterion Collection (1984創立，美國家庭影片通銷公司，每年選50~60部，現有約 1,650 部 “gathering the greatest films from around the world” and making high-quality editions available to the public on DVD and Blu-ray and, streaming service)：How the Criterion Collection became the film world’s arbiter of taste.

 

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Sure, It Won an Oscar. But Is It Criterion?

How the Criterion Collection became the film world’s arbiter of taste.

the Criterion Collection, a 40-year-old company dedicated to “gathering the greatest films from around the world” and making high-quality editions available to the public on DVD and Blu-ray and, more recently, through its streaming service, the Criterion Channel.

The Criterion Collection, Inc. is an American home-video distribution company that focuses on licensing, restoring and distributing "important classic and contemporary films". Criterion serves film and media scholars, cinephiles and public and academic libraries. Wikipedia

Parent organization: Janus Films

Founders: Joe Medjuck, Robert Stein

Founded: 1984

Headquarters: New York, New York, United States

Number of employees: 40

Each year, Criterion selects 50 or 60 new entrants to add to its catalog, which now includes 1,650 films.