▁films ▁of ▁Michel ang elo ▁Anton ioni , ▁Serge i ▁Eisen stein , ▁Ing mar ▁Berg man , ▁Feder ico ▁F ell ini , ▁A ki ra ▁Ku ros awa , ▁François ▁Tru ff aut , ▁Y as uj ir ō ▁O zu ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁well - reg arded ▁direct ors . ▁Ing mar ▁Berg man ' s ▁The ▁Se vent h ▁Se al ▁( 1 9 5 7 ) ▁was ▁the ▁film ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁company ' s ▁initial ▁growth . ▁ ▁Jan us ▁has ▁a ▁close ▁business ▁relationship ▁with ▁The ▁C riter ion ▁Collection ▁regarding ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁its ▁films ▁on ▁DVD ▁and ▁Bl u - ray ▁and ▁is ▁still ▁an ▁active ▁the atr ical ▁distrib utor . ▁ ▁The ▁company ' s ▁name ▁and ▁logo ▁come ▁from ▁Jan us , ▁the ▁two - fac ed ▁Roman ▁god ▁of ▁trans itions , ▁pass ages , ▁beg inn ings , ▁and ▁end ings . ▁ ▁History ▁Jan us ▁Films ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁by ▁Bry ant ▁Hal iday ▁and ▁C yrus ▁Har vey , ▁Jr ., ▁in ▁the ▁historic ▁Br attle ▁Theater , ▁a ▁Harvard ▁Square ▁land mark ▁in ▁Cambridge , ▁Massachusetts . ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁conception ▁of ▁Jan us , ▁Hal iday ▁and ▁Har vey ▁began ▁screen ing ▁both ▁foreign ▁and ▁American ▁films ▁at ▁the ▁Br attle ▁Theater ▁and ▁proceeded ▁to ▁regularly ▁fill ▁the ▁ 3 0 0 - se at ▁ven ue . ▁Having ▁purchased ▁the ▁the ater , ▁Hal iday , ▁together ▁with ▁Har