Filmed 2014-12-06
Asif Kapadia
The director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The Oscar-winning director of Amy talks about how Do the Right Thing became a major influence on his work, the overwhelming tension of an infamous scene in Code Unknown, and his love of Ken Loach’s early work.
What they took
14 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 14 choices reach 16 films.
Least-picked choice here: Simon of the Desert, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Simon of the Desert | Luis Buñuel | 1965 |
| 2 |  Blind Chance | Krzysztof Kieślowski | 1981 |
| 3 |  In the Mood for Love | Wong Kar Wai | 2000 |
| 4 |  Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 1976 |
| 5 |  Don’t Look Now | Nicolas Roeg | 1973 |
| 6 |  The Vanishing | George Sluizer | 1988 |
| 7 |  Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | 1989 |
| 8 |  Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | Elio Petri | 1970 |
| 9 |  Code Unknown | Michael Haneke | 2000 |
| 10 |  Three Outlaw Samurai | Hideo Gosha | 1964 |
| 11 |  Yi Yi | Edward Yang | 2000 |
| 12 |  The Samurai Trilogy box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 13 |  Kes | Ken Loach | 1970 |
| 14 |  Gomorrah | Matteo Garrone | 2008 |
Their 13 single films come from nine different countries, with no one of them leading. The one box set is what carry the reach to 16 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 13 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.