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René Laloux's 1973 cult classic is getting the super-deluxe Criterion treatment!

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Finding the perfect book for the beloved animation fan in your life can be a big challenge, but these gift-book ideas will inform and inspire anyone who loves animation and drawing.

Criterion will release Martin Rosen's "Watership Down" on Blu-Ray/DVD in 2015.

Criterion is adding another animated to its collection: Martin Rosen's "Watership Down."

How’s this for a startling fact:

There aren’t all that many animated films in the immaculately curated Criterion Collection. In fact, of the 556 DVDs that have been released under the Criterion banner, approximately 556 of them have been not been animated.

That’s Cinematical writer David Ehrlich asking why the discerning cinema buffs at Criterion have never released an animated film. He suggests that they begin looking in the direction of animation and offers a list of ten animated films they should consider releasing. What’s your wishlist of animated films that Criterion should release? Perhaps someone at the company will take notice of the possibilities.

(Thanks, PH)

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The Criterion Collection is lauded for its special edition releases of “important classic and contemporary films” on DVD, but what’s always grabbed me about their work is the packaging. The series sports original artwork for each title, the designs of which are shining examples of restraint, simplicity, and elegance. No giant red type screaming EXTREME UNRATED EDITION here, folks. Take this cover for Robinson Crusoe on Mars, for example — simple, bold type over a Bill Sienkiewicz illustration. They make it look so easy.

Via the comments of a blog post called An Ode to Criterion Box Art, I discovered that much of Criterion’s design work is by designer/illustrator Eric Skillman who was certainly born into the right last name. Eric also keeps a design process blog called Cozy Lummox.