Eclipse (DVD brand)

Eclipse is a brand for a line of DVD film series released by The Criterion Collection.

[1] The brand was created to produce budget-priced, high-quality DVD editions of hard-to-find films.

In order to keep prices low, the films do not receive the same degree of remastering or any of the special features generally associated with Criterion Collection titles.

[3] Eclipse presents a selection of lost, forgotten, or overshadowed films in simple, affordable editions.

Each series is a brief cinematheque retrospective for the adventurous home viewer.Peter Becker, in his blog On Five from The Criterion Collection Web site, explained, "We want [important, hard to find films] to be more readily available, and that’s why we’re creating Eclipse.