Filmed 2024-11-26
Andrew Stanton
The director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The director and cowriter of WALL·E shares why Paper Moon and Local Hero speak to his heart, reminisces about the privilege of collaborating with Albert Brooks, and talks about why Matewan is an essential film for everyone to see.
What they took
6 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. None of them is a box set, so the count of choices and the count of films reached are the same.
Least-picked choice here: Matewan, taken by 4 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paper Moon | Peter Bogdanovich | 1973 |
| 2 |  Brazil | Terry Gilliam | 1985 |
| 3 |  Local Hero | Bill Forsyth | 1983 |
| 4 |  The Worst Person in the World | Joachim Trier | 2021 |
| 5 |  Defending Your Life | Albert Brooks | 1991 |
| 6 |  Matewan | John Sayles | 1987 |
United States accounts for three of their six single 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 six 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.