Filmed 2023-04-23
Carl Franklin
The director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The director of One False Move and Devil in a Blue Dress talks about his love of Yasujiro Ozu, the exploration of crime in Pixote , the inspiration he took from Children of Paradise , and one of the greatest jazz films of all time.
What they took
12 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Two are box sets, which is why 12 choices reach 18 films.
Least-picked choice here: The Killers, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Killers box set, 2 films | · | · |
| 2 |  My Life as a Dog | Lasse Hallström | 1985 |
| 3 |  Children of Paradise | Marcel Carné | 1945 |
| 4 |  Tokyo Story | Yasujiro Ozu | 1953 |
| 5 |  Late Spring | Yasujiro Ozu | 1949 |
| 6 |  8½ | Federico Fellini | 1963 |
| 7 |  To Sleep with Anger | Charles Burnett | 1990 |
| 8 |  Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 3 box set, 6 films | · | · |
| 9 |  Death in Venice | Luchino Visconti | 1971 |
| 10 |  The Damned | Luchino Visconti | 1969 |
| 11 |  ’Round Midnight | Bertrand Tavernier | 1986 |
| 12 |  Chimes at Midnight | Orson Welles | 1966 |
Their ten single films come from six different countries, with no one of them leading. The two box sets are what carry the reach to 18 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 ten 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.