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The Criterion Collection, one of the most renowned distributors of home films on various formats, has long been dogged for not releasing movies on the latest high-res disc format, 4K UHD Blu-ray. That finally changes this week with an announcement of Criterion films coming to 4K discs later this year, and it seems like they may have had good reason to stay mum for so long.
As it turns out, Criterion waited to secure the rights to a megaton film before making its 4K bow: Citizen Kane. This film choice, coming to 4K Blu-ray in "November 2021," is remarkable for a few reasons. But, beyond its inclusion in typical best-films-ever lists, Criterion hasn't been able to release a version of Citizen Kane since the company's very first laserdisc release of a film in 1984.
That same month, five other films from Criterion will join Citizen Kane in 4K UHD Blu-ray format:
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