Filmed 2024-09-30
Alain Guiraudie
The writer and director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The writer and director of Misericordia talks aboutfinding beauty in Todd Solondz’s explorations of perversion, shares his love of how David Lynch fractures the American dream, and praises the “cinematic choreography” in Pickpocket.
What they took
6 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 6 choices reach 8 films.
Least-picked choice here: Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy, taken by 2 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Happiness | Todd Solondz | 1998 |
| 2 |  WALL·E | Andrew Stanton | 2008 |
| 3 |  Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 4 |  Mulholland Dr. | David Lynch | 2001 |
| 5 |  Pickpocket | Robert Bresson | 1959 |
| 6 |  The Exterminating Angel | Luis Buñuel | 1962 |
United States accounts for three of their five single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 8 films.
Closest taste
Jaccard overlap against every other visit, counted on what came off the shelf rather than on films, so a shared box set counts once rather than as the films inside it.
403 visits compared · 31 filmed-together pairs excluded
Their decades
Their five single films with a release year on record, against where every guest's single-film picks land. Box sets are left out of both sides, so the two bars measure the same thing.