Filmed 2025-10-08
Bi Gan
The writer and director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The writer and director expresses that Tampopo is really about “what lies in the depths of the human heart,” explains how Carl Theodor Dreyer’s films depict feelings and ideas that can only be portrayed through cinema, and admires Federico Fellini’s approach to the subconscious.
What they took
5 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 5 choices reach 10 films.
Least-picked choice here: Youth of the Beast, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Youth of the Beast | Seijun Suzuki | 1963 |
| 2 |  Tampopo | Juzo Itami | 1985 |
| 3 |  The Complete Jacques Tati box set, 6 films | · | · |
| 4 |  Master of the House | Carl Th. Dreyer | 1925 |
| 5 |  8½ | Federico Fellini | 1963 |
Japan accounts for two of their four single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 10 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 four 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.