I'm a bit of a movie nerd. It's good to be able to admit that.
I was just hoking through my DVD collection and was pleased to find some of my old Criterion Collection DVDs. For those who don't know, Criterion is an American company that licences important or culturally significant movies from the rights owners and then set about making their own special editions of them, usually with the highest quality image and sound possible.
They were always a bit pricier than regular DVDs, and the laserdiscs the released before that were in the $100s of dollars sometimes. Also, they have a tendency to go out of print, which actually makes them that rarity - a digital collectors medium.
Anyway, I thought I'd take some pictures of all the ones I have. I wish I'd bought them all, to be honest. The spine numbers are way up past 500 now, and they've recently started issuing some movies on Blu-Ray, the movie-fan's format of choice.
They've got lovely packaging for the most part, and the documentaries that accompany them are up there with some of the best film-making about films around.
Any other Criterion fans around these parts? My collection is pretty meagre compared to the super-fans...
A new fan-made Batman film went up a short while ago:
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