a book of covers : criterion designs

04/06/2015 by alaundre

A lavishly illustrated coffee-table book celebrating thirty years of artwork from the Criterion Collection. The most exciting names in design and illustration today apply their talents to some of the most important and influential films of all time. This volume gathers highlights from designs commissioned by the Criterion Collection, featuring covers, supplemental art, and never-before-seen sketches and concept art plus a gallery of every Criterion cover since the collection’s first laserdisc in 1984. From avant-garde experiments to big-budget blockbusters, cult […]

Categories: materialism, seen • Tags: art books, books, cover design, criterion collection, design, packaging design

Repo Man

04/05/2014 by alaundre

Criterion Collection Blu Ray Edition   A quintessential cult film of the 1980s, Alex Cox’s singular sci-fi comedy stars the always captivating Harry Dean Stanton (Paris, Texas) as a weathered repo man in desolate downtown Los Angeles, and Emilio Estevez (The Breakfast Club) as the nihilistic middle-class punk he takes under his wing. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in reclaiming a mysterious—and otherworldly—Chevy Malibu with a hefty reward attached to it. […]

Categories: listen, materialism, seen • Tags: blu ray, cinema, criterion collection, cult classic, cult films, cult flicks, films, i love the 80's, movies, punk, punk films