and one more thing:
If enough people agree that a film is a classic, it's not an arbitrary label at all. In fact, the only way a work can be labeled a classic is through consesus. If Criterion labeled Legally Blonde 2 a classic, most film lovers would seriously question the company's...
Okay here's a different level of justification: Compared to most companies producing DVDs you can buy at at a Best Buy, Criterion is a small company. When Criterion hunts down the best availible prints of obscure and foreign titles, it involves people travelling all over the world to track...
Paintings by Picasso are also overpriced. I mean, think about it, it's just canvass and paint, same as the paintings you can find at Wal-Mart. When you own a Criterion title like The Third Man, or The Killers, Cries and Whispers, Wild Strawberries, Children of Paradise, 8 1/2, Solaris...