In der April/2009-Ausgabe des Home Theater Magazine ist ein Artikel über Criterion und deren Blu-ray Discs abgedruckt. Im HomeTheaterForum habe ich eine kurze Zusammenfassung der interessantesten Fakten gefunden.

• Criterion’s simultaneous Blu-ray releases have made up 30-50% of the titles’ total sales vs. the less than 10% typical for big studio films.
• Lee Kline, technical director: “If there’s grain, we’ll leave it in. We may tone it down a bit, especially with Blu-ray, where it can show too much. But you’ll still see some grain. That’s what makes a film look like film.”
• Last Year at Marienbad will be released on Blu-ray (and DVD) “this Spring.”
• “Coming, in the next few months”: Walkabout, For All Mankind, Gimme Shelter, Monterey Pop.
• Peter Becker, president: “We’re still figuring it out, deciding month-to-month. But we’ll be more aggressive, not less, because sales have been pretty strong. We’ll take chances.”