An Ode To Criterion Box Art
Posted by Andrew Lindstrom / Inspiration,Lists / October 9th, 2008
For film nerds like myself, the Criterion Collection is the crème de la crème. Every title in their incredible catalog is restored to pristine picture and sound quality and usually boasts some of the best bonus features out there.
But what is really seals the deal is Criterion’s gorgeous box art. Every DVD in the Criterion Collection sports a completely original box art design. They must have some of the best in-house designers working today as their DVD packaging just can’t be beat. Needless to say, this makes it especially hard for the DVD collector to resist.
Here are 50 of my favorites…
Days Of Heaven
The Ice Storm
Le Samourai
Bottle Rocket
Vampyr
Two-Lane Blacktop
Trafic
Yi Yi
Naked Lunch
Yojimbo
F For Fake
Onibaba
Hoop Dreams
The Man Who Fell To Earth
Heaven Can Wait
Scenes From A Marriage
Fires On The Plain
Umberto D
The Atomic Submarine
The Face Of Another
The Leopard
Koko
Ivan’s Childhood
If…
La Commare Secca
The Third Man
The Double Life Of Veronique
Grey Gardens
Kicking And Screaming
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
Missing
Robinson Crusoe On Mars
Port Of Shadows
Fanny & Alexander
Metropolitan
8½
Eyes Without A Face
Night And Fog
Brand Upon The Brain
The Honeymoon Killers
Bicycle Thieves
Ashes + Diamonds
Pierrot Le Fou
Secret Honor
The Bad Sleep Well
Jigoku
The Furies
Army Of Shadows
House Of Games
Amarcord
Source
Criterion has all of their box art (and the films to go with it) available on their website.
Yo, I'm Andrew Lindstrom. I am a freelance web designer based in Vancouver, Canada. When not geeking out over design, I'm likely geeking out over film, technology or pretending to play the guitar.
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I love so much here, but esp the minimalism of the Ice Storm cover and the wit of the typography on Scenes from a Marriage. Thanks for posting these.
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I just wanted to let you know that I completely ripped off your idea (http://visualarts.slowcentury.com/post/77499878/50-beautiful-boxes-for-50-beautiful-films).
I did give you credit for it though. Your list is really lovely.
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Some are a little less than truly original. For example the very first on your page Days of Heaven looks like a total lift of Hopper’s House Behind the Railroad.
excellent choices.
A couple of my favorite Criterion covers are “Man Bites Dog” and “RoboCop”.
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You have some that I was thinking about! These are great
Absolutely superb collection. Made me go and try and track down a few of these titles – films I had never of but look superb!
the boxes are indeed great, even though some of the movies aren’t.
Be the first kid on your block to collect ’em all!!
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you have good taste..i like it tooo…
thanks for this page…
Am so glad that I found your site. Love the collections of osters, specially the Polish ones and the Criterion ones. Found the old original and the Criterions interpretation of the film Robinson Crusoe on Mars’ (the original claiming to be scientifically accurate). Here, in India, it’s difficult to get hands on pulp/cult American movies (one of my fav genre) like Plan 9. It’s great to see the posters. These styles are also very inspirational, considering some of the sci-fi earlier styles have come back. take care.
nice post. i love each and every criterion features.
Very nice collection, thanks for taking the time to compile it. Just a note, I don’t know about the majority but Two Lane Blacktop was not done in-house. It was designed by the talented Marc English.
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