Cannon Films... Meet the Criterion Collection

It occurred to me as I read this month's Criterion announcements, that the inclusion of Godfrey Reggio's POWAQQATSI in a new QATSI trilogy box set marks (and correct me if I'm wrong) the first time there's been a Cannon Films/Criterion Collection crossover.

 I kinda figured a special edition of BARFLY or Cassavetes' LOVE STREAMS would be the first, and I've long given up hope on a Criterion DEATH WISH 3, so... I'll take it!   Now, I've written about the QATSI films before, and they're really something you should all see, but it really warms my heart to see the names "Golan" and "Globus" entering the Criterion canon.

If for whatever reason you don't believe me, may I refer you to this detail from an original POWWAQATSI poster:

"a Golan-Globus production [of] a Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas presentation..."  Nice.