Filmed 2023-07-13
Christian Petzold
Guest
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
During a trip to what he calls our “city of movies,” the director of Afire talked about the jazzy qualities of Steven Soderbergh’s films, the inspiration he has taken from Preston Sturges, and an overpoweringly erotic moment in Stromboli.
What they took
7 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Two are box sets, which is why 7 choices reach 14 films.
Least-picked choice here: People on Sunday, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wanda | Barbara Loden | 1970 |
| 2 |  The Lady Eve | Preston Sturges | 1941 |
| 3 |  Traffic | Steven Soderbergh | 2000 |
| 4 |  People on Sunday | Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer | 1930 |
| 5 |  Six Moral Tales box set, 6 films | · | · |
| 6 |  3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 7 |  A Matter of Life and Death | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | 1946 |
United States accounts for three of their five single films. The two box sets are what carry the reach to 14 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.