Filmed 2023-04-04
Charlie Day
The writer, director and actor
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The writer, director, and actor talks about a parallel between The 400 Blows and his popular show It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia , the inspiration he has taken from Being There , and his excitement about exploring the work of Agnès Varda.
What they took
9 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Two are box sets, which is why 9 choices reach 35 films.
Least-picked choice here: The Player, taken by 4 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The 400 Blows | François Truffaut | 1959 |
| 2 |  The Player | Robert Altman | 1992 |
| 3 |  Being There | Hal Ashby | 1979 |
| 4 |  Punch-Drunk Love | Paul Thomas Anderson | 2002 |
| 5 |  Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | 1989 |
| 6 |  Barry Lyndon | Stanley Kubrick | 1975 |
| 7 |  John Cassavetes: Five Films box set, 6 films | · | · |
| 8 |  The Complete Films of Agnès Varda box set, 22 films | · | · |
| 9 |  Tokyo Story | Yasujiro Ozu | 1953 |
United States accounts for five of their seven single films. The two box sets are what carry the reach to 35 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 seven 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.