Filmed 2023-12-12
Ben Gibbards
The singer-songwriter
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The singer-songwriter of Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service shares his love of the surreal worlds of Luis Buñuel; praises his favorite filmmaker, Kelly Reichardt; and talks about the emotional impact and importance of Streetwise.
What they took
9 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Four are box sets, which is why 9 choices reach 15 films.
Least-picked choice here: Streetwise/Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Exterminating Angel | Luis Buñuel | 1962 |
| 2 |  Three Films by Luis Buñuel box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 3 |  The Complete Monterey Pop Festival box set, 2 films | · | · |
| 4 |  Old Joy | Kelly Reichardt | 2006 |
| 5 |  Take Out | Sean Baker, Shih-Ching Tsou | 2004 |
| 6 |  Brute Force | Jules Dassin | 1947 |
| 7 |  Le Havre | Aki Kaurismäki | 2011 |
| 8 |  Eclipse Series 12: Aki Kaurismäki’s Proletariat Trilogy box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 9 |  Streetwise/Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell box set, 2 films | · | · |
United States accounts for three of their five single films. The four box sets are what carry the reach to 15 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.