How did Janus come to be emblematic of film?

[Dave Monroe]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Daniel Cape<daniel.cape at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/8/25 Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>:
>
>> http://www.janusfilms.com/
>> Janus Films is a film distribution company. It was one of the first
>
> Yes, this tidbit and the Wikipedia entry on Janus is as far as I got.
> Janus Films uses an ancient Romanesque coin with a Janus figure
> emblazoned on it as their brand icon.

Well, I'm guessing, looking backward @ classics, looking forward @
classics-to-be, @ least in this case, so ...