Filmed 2025-04-03
Claude Lelouch
The director, writer, cinematographer and producer
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The legendary director, writer, cinematographer, and producer praises Charlie Chaplin as a father to all filmmakers, reflects on casting Jean-Louis Trintignant in A Man and a Woman after seeing Il sorpasso, and shares why love has been the enduring theme of his work.
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: The Circus, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Swing Time | George Stevens | 1936 |
| 2 |  The Complete Jacques Tati box set, 6 films | · | · |
| 3 |  The Circus | Charles Chaplin | 1928 |
| 4 |  Il sorpasso | Dino Risi | 1962 |
| 5 |  A Special Day | Ettore Scola | 1977 |
Italy 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
Nobody close enough to name
A visit needs at least 5 choices to be compared at all, and a pair at least 2 in common to count as close. Nothing this visit took was taken twice over by anybody else.
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.