2 visits · 2014-02-01 to 2025-10-10
Edgar Wright
The writer and director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The writer and director returns to the Criterion Closet, where he talks about a moment from Black Narcissus that’s ingrained in his memory, shares what he loves about Max Ophuls and The Earrings of Madame de . . ., and reflects on how Richard Lester captured lightning in a bottle with A Hard Day ’s Night.
What they took
11 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Three are box sets, which is why 11 choices reach 19 films.
across 2 visits
Least-picked choice here: The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers: Two Films by Richard Lester, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Black Narcissus | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | 1947 |
| 2 |  Something Wild | Jonathan Demme | 1986 |
| 3 |  A Hard Day’s Night | Richard Lester | 1964 |
| 4 |  The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers: Two Films by Richard Lester box set, 2 films | · | · |
| 5 |  America Lost and Found: The BBS Story box set, 7 films | · | · |
| 6 |  The Earrings of Madame de . . . | Max Ophuls | 1953 |
| 7 |  Police Story / Police Story 2 box set, 2 films | · | · |
Least-picked choice here: Walker, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Eyes Without a Face | Georges Franju | 1960 |
| 2 |  Walker | Alex Cox | 1987 |
| 3 |  Throne of Blood | Akira Kurosawa | 1957 |
| 4 |  Don’t Look Now | Nicolas Roeg | 1973 |
United Kingdom accounts for three of their eight single films. The three box sets are what carry the reach to 19 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 eight 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.