Filmed 2023-12-08
Gael Garcia Bernal
The actor and producer
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The award-winning actor and producer discusses his work in such Mexican-cinema classics as Y tu mamá también and Amores perros, shares his love for the mysterious pleasures of Blow-Up and Purple Noon, and praises the brilliance of Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière.
What they took
6 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 6 choices reach 8 films.
Least-picked choice here: Purple Noon, taken by 4 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Amores perros | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | 2000 |
| 2 |  Memories of Underdevelopment | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | 1968 |
| 3 |  Blow-Up | Michelangelo Antonioni | 1966 |
| 4 |  Purple Noon | René Clément | 1960 |
| 5 |  Y tu mamá también | Alfonso Cuarón | 2001 |
| 6 |  Three Films by Luis Buñuel box set, 3 films | · | · |
Mexico accounts for two of their five single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 8 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.