The Criterion set will include restored 2K digital transfers of the first two instalments with a 2K digital master of final film Before Midnight which also has its own making-of documentary.
The Before trilogy will be released 28 February 2017.
That the films don’t yet exist in one box set collection has been a point of contention for film fans ever since the release of trilogy-closer Before Midnight in 2013, but the day has arrived where Richard Linklater fans can rejoice: it’s been announced that the three films are to finally be treated to a Criterion Collection release in February 2017.
The Before trilogy could well be one of cinema’s greatest, its story of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) touching film audiences since Before Sunrise was released in 1995.