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Posted by Tom §. on July 6, 2000 at 07:05:45

In Reply to: Re: I was afraid of that.... posted by royce-1 on July 6, 2000 at 04:40:08:

....is that criterion doesn't produce movies. They restore and distribute films that have some form of artistic substance and/or historical significance. There are a few releases there that satisfy some cult cravings as well. Take a look at their release list and you will see many films on the list made before 1960 on DVD. What Joe was disappointed about was the inclusion of "Armageddon" which was pretty much a wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am blockbuster popcorn movie. That type of movie is a bit out of place in the criterion collection (along with a few others).

The majority of people who buy DVD's nowadays usually go for the movies that are bereft of any type of meaningful content. So the criterion collection wouldn't appeal to the majority of people who buy Austin Powers, Billy Madison, or any other relatively meaningless but wildly popular movie. I wouldn't doubt for a second that criterion isn't making a whole lot of money on "M", "Seven Samurai", or the "Orpheus" trilogy.

If criterion has to release a movie like "Armageddon" in order to acquire capital to restore and re-release 2 or 3 more classic movies then I'm all for it.

Tom §.

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