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* LeFilmArtistique: With titles by several FrenchNewWave directors, a lot of Criterion's catalogue is this trope.

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* LeFilmArtistique: With titles by several FrenchNewWave UsefulNotes/FrenchNewWave directors, a lot of Criterion's catalogue is this trope.
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* SciFiGhetto: Averted. The Collection treats sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films like Robocop and Alphaville just as well as anything else and does not attempt to dress them up in "safer" genre labels.

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* SciFiGhetto: Averted. The Collection treats sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films like Robocop ''Robocop'' and Alphaville ''Alphaville'' just as well as anything else and does not attempt to dress them up in "safer" genre labels.
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* LeFilmArtistique

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* LeFilmArtistiqueLeFilmArtistique: With titles by several FrenchNewWave directors, a lot of Criterion's catalogue is this trope.
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* ViewersAreGeniuses

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* ViewersAreGeniusesViewersAreGeniuses: What it hopes to cultivate, not only with unusual and experimental and artistic films but also with its extras -- interviews with scholars, film-makers, commentary by critics, video-essays -- which examines the film's production from a technical and artistic perspective and put the films in a social and historical context.
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** Two US experimental filmmakers Hollis Frampton and Stan Brakhage got their own sets of short films on Criterion.

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** Two US experimental filmmakers Hollis Frampton and Stan Brakhage got each their own sets set of short films on Criterion.
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* AnimationAgeGhetto: Averted, but not without difficulty. Owing to Disney and other major and indie animation studios keeping their top-drawer material to themselves (think Creator/DonHetrzfeldt), it's been hard for Criterion to cover this medium, but they did an ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' laserdisc and in TheNewTens have brought out new DVD editions of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'', ''Literature/WatershipDown'', and ''WesternAnimation/FantasticPlanet''.

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* AnimationAgeGhetto: Averted, but not without difficulty. Owing to Disney and other major and indie animation studios keeping their top-drawer material to themselves (think Creator/DonHetrzfeldt), Creator/DonHertzfeldt), it's been hard for Criterion to cover this medium, but they did an ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' laserdisc and in TheNewTens have brought out new DVD editions of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'', ''Literature/WatershipDown'', and ''WesternAnimation/FantasticPlanet''.
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* AnimationAgeGhetto: Averted, but not without difficulty. Owing to Disney and other major and indie animation studios keeping their top-drawer material to themselves (think Creator/DonHetzfeldt), it's been hard for Criterion to cover this medium, but they did an ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' laserdisc and in TheNewTens have brought out new DVD editions of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'', ''Literature/WatershipDown'', and ''WesternAnimation/FantasticPlanet''.

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* AnimationAgeGhetto: Averted, but not without difficulty. Owing to Disney and other major and indie animation studios keeping their top-drawer material to themselves (think Creator/DonHetzfeldt), Creator/DonHetrzfeldt), it's been hard for Criterion to cover this medium, but they did an ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' laserdisc and in TheNewTens have brought out new DVD editions of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'', ''Literature/WatershipDown'', and ''WesternAnimation/FantasticPlanet''.
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* AnimationAgeGhetto: Averted, but not without difficulty. Owing to Disney and other major and indie animation studios keeping their top-drawer material to themselves, it's been hard for Criterion to cover this medium, but they did an ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' laserdisc and in TheNewTens have brought out new DVD editions of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'', ''Literature/WatershipDown'', and ''WesternAnimation/FantasticPlanet''.

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* AnimationAgeGhetto: Averted, but not without difficulty. Owing to Disney and other major and indie animation studios keeping their top-drawer material to themselves, themselves (think Creator/DonHetzfeldt), it's been hard for Criterion to cover this medium, but they did an ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' laserdisc and in TheNewTens have brought out new DVD editions of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'', ''Literature/WatershipDown'', and ''WesternAnimation/FantasticPlanet''.
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** Two experimental filmmakers Hollis Frampton and Stan Brakhage got their own sets of short films on Criterion.

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** Two US experimental filmmakers Hollis Frampton and Stan Brakhage got their own sets of short films on Criterion.
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** Two experimental filmmakers Hollis Frampton and Stan Brakhage got their own sets on Criterion.

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** Two experimental filmmakers Hollis Frampton and Stan Brakhage got their own sets of short films on Criterion.
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* Two experimental filmmakers Hollis Frampton and Stan Brakhage got their own sets on Criterion.

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* ** Two experimental filmmakers Hollis Frampton and Stan Brakhage got their own sets on Criterion.
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* AnimationAgeGhetto: Averted, but not without difficulty. Owing to Disney and other major animation studios keeping their top-drawer material to themselves, it's been hard for Criterion to cover this medium, but they did an ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' laserdisc and in TheNewTens have brought out new DVD editions of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'', ''Literature/WatershipDown'', and ''WesternAnimation/FantasticPlanet''.

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* AnimationAgeGhetto: Averted, but not without difficulty. Owing to Disney and other major and indie animation studios keeping their top-drawer material to themselves, it's been hard for Criterion to cover this medium, but they did an ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' laserdisc and in TheNewTens have brought out new DVD editions of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'', ''Literature/WatershipDown'', and ''WesternAnimation/FantasticPlanet''.
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* SciFiGhetto: Averted. The Collection treats sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films like Film/Robocop and Flim/Alphaville just as well as anything else and does not attempt to dress them up in "safer" genre labels.

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* SciFiGhetto: Averted. The Collection treats sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films like Film/Robocop Robocop and Flim/Alphaville Alphaville just as well as anything else and does not attempt to dress them up in "safer" genre labels.
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* SciFiGhetto: Averted. The Collection treats sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films just as well as anything else and does not attempt to dress them up in "safer" genre labels.

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* SciFiGhetto: Averted. The Collection treats sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films like Film/Robocop and Flim/Alphaville just as well as anything else and does not attempt to dress them up in "safer" genre labels.
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* ComedyGhetto: Happily averted. For every [[Creator/IngmarBergman Bergman]] and [[Creator/AkiraKurosawa Kurosawa]] in the collection, there's at least one or two great comedies, such as ''Film/{{Tootsie}}'', ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}'', ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'', ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' and the films of Creator/CharlieChaplin, Creator/PrestonSturges, Creator/WesAnderson and Creator/TerryGilliam.

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* ComedyGhetto: Happily averted. For every [[Creator/IngmarBergman Bergman]] and [[Creator/AkiraKurosawa Kurosawa]] in the collection, there's at least one or two great comedies, such as ''Film/{{Tootsie}}'', ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}'', ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'', ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'', ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' and the films of Creator/CharlieChaplin, Creator/PrestonSturges, Creator/WesAnderson and Creator/TerryGilliam.

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* ComedyGhetto: Happily averted. For every [[Creator/IngmarBergman Bergman]] and [[Creator/AkiraKurosawa Kurosawa]] in the collection, there's at least one or two great comedies, such as ''Film/{{Tootsie}}'', ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}'', ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'', ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' and the films of Creator/CharlieChaplin, Creator/WesAnderson and Creator/TerryGilliam.

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* ComedyGhetto: Happily averted. For every [[Creator/IngmarBergman Bergman]] and [[Creator/AkiraKurosawa Kurosawa]] in the collection, there's at least one or two great comedies, such as ''Film/{{Tootsie}}'', ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}'', ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'', ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' and the films of Creator/CharlieChaplin, Creator/PrestonSturges, Creator/WesAnderson and Creator/TerryGilliam.


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* LeFilmArtistique
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* DoingItForTheArt
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* ViewersAreGeniuses
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* AnimationAgeGhetto: Averted, but not without difficulty. Owing to Disney and other major animation studios keeping their top-drawer material to themselves, it's been hard for Criterion to cover this medium, but they did an ''Anime/{{Akira}}'' laserdisc and in TheNewTens have brought out new DVD editions of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'', ''Literature/WatershipDown'', and ''WesternAnimation/FantasticPlanet''.

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* AnimationAgeGhetto: Averted, but not without difficulty. Owing to Disney and other major animation studios keeping their top-drawer material to themselves, it's been hard for Criterion to cover this medium, but they did an ''Anime/{{Akira}}'' ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' laserdisc and in TheNewTens have brought out new DVD editions of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'', ''Literature/WatershipDown'', and ''WesternAnimation/FantasticPlanet''.
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* AnimationAgeGhetto: Averted, but not without difficulty. Owing to Disney and other major animation studios largely keeping their top-drawer material to themselves, it's been hard for Criterion to cover this medium, but they did an ''Anime/{{Akira}}'' laserdisc and in TheNewTens have brought out new DVD editions of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'' and ''Literature/WatershipDown''.

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* AnimationAgeGhetto: Averted, but not without difficulty. Owing to Disney and other major animation studios largely keeping their top-drawer material to themselves, it's been hard for Criterion to cover this medium, but they did an ''Anime/{{Akira}}'' laserdisc and in TheNewTens have brought out new DVD editions of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'' ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'', ''Literature/WatershipDown'', and ''Literature/WatershipDown''.''WesternAnimation/FantasticPlanet''.
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* SciFiGhetto: Averted. The Collection treats sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films just as well as anything else,

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* SciFiGhetto: Averted. The Collection treats sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films just as well as anything else, else and does not attempt to dress them up in "safer" genre labels.

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* OddballInTheSeries: For a company that puts out films off all shapes and kinds, one would think that this is the last place to look for a Music/BeastieBoys collection! [[https://www.criterion.com/films/638-beastie-boys-video-anthology Here it is!]]

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For a company that puts out films off all shapes and kinds, one would think that this is the last place to look for a Music/BeastieBoys collection! [[https://www.criterion.com/films/638-beastie-boys-video-anthology Here it is!]]is!]]
** Two Creator/MichaelBay films (''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' and ''Film/TheRock'') entered the Collection in the late 1990s and still feel somewhat out of place.
* SciFiGhetto: Averted. The Collection treats sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films just as well as anything else,
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* ComedyGhetto: Happily averted. For every [[Creator/IngmarBergman Bergman]] and [[Creator/AkiraKurosawa Kurosawa]] in the collection, there's at least one or two great comedies, such as ''Film/{{Tootsie}}'', ''Film/{{RoboCop}}'', ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'', ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' and the films of Creator/CharlieChaplin, Creator/WesAnderson and Creator/TerryGilliam.

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* ComedyGhetto: Happily averted. For every [[Creator/IngmarBergman Bergman]] and [[Creator/AkiraKurosawa Kurosawa]] in the collection, there's at least one or two great comedies, such as ''Film/{{Tootsie}}'', ''Film/{{RoboCop}}'', ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}'', ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'', ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' and the films of Creator/CharlieChaplin, Creator/WesAnderson and Creator/TerryGilliam.
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* OddballInTheSeries: For a company that puts out films off all shapes and kinds, one would think that this is the last place to look for a Music/BeastieBoys collection! [[https://www.criterion.com/films/638-beastie-boys-video-anthology Here it is!]]
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* ComedyGhetto: Happily averted. For every [[Creator/IngmarBergman Bergman]] and [[Creator/AkiraKurosawa Kurosawa]] in the collection, there's at least one or two great comedies, such as ''Film/{{Tootsie}}'', ''Film/{{RoboCop}}'', ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'', ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' and the films of Creator/CharlieChaplin, Creator/WesAnderson and Creator/TerryGilliam.
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* GatewaySeries: For foreign and art house films.

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* GatewaySeries: For foreign and art house films. Indeed movie scholars championing a certain film or director consider their work done when Criterion puts out an edition of that film.
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* AnimationAgeGhetto: Owing to Disney and other major animation studios largely keeping their top-drawer material to themselves, it's been hard for Criterion to cover this medium, but they did an ''Anime/{{Akira}}'' laserdisc and in TheNewTens have brought out new DVD editions of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'' and ''Literature/WatershipDown''.

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* AnimationAgeGhetto: Averted, but not without difficulty. Owing to Disney and other major animation studios largely keeping their top-drawer material to themselves, it's been hard for Criterion to cover this medium, but they did an ''Anime/{{Akira}}'' laserdisc and in TheNewTens have brought out new DVD editions of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'' and ''Literature/WatershipDown''.
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* AnimationAgeGhetto: Owing to Disney and other major animation studios largely keeping their top-drawer material to themselves, it's been hard for Criterion to cover this medium, but they did an ''Anime/{{Akira}}'' laserdisc and in TheNewTens have brought out new DVD editions of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'' and ''Literature/WatershipDown''.
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