Filmed 2023-09-19
Jeremy Thomas
Guest
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The Academy Award–winning producer praises Claire Denis’s portrayal of masculinity in Beau travail, talks about the lessons he learned from Luis Buñuel’s producer Serge Silberman, and selects favorites by friends and collaborators, including The Last Wave, The Double Life of Véronique, and Kings of the Road.
What they took
8 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Two are box sets, which is why 8 choices reach 12 films.
Least-picked choice here: The Last Wave, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  A Touch of Zen | King Hu | 1971 |
| 2 |  The Leopard | Luchino Visconti | 1963 |
| 3 |  Beau travail | Claire Denis | 1999 |
| 4 |  The Last Wave | Peter Weir | 1977 |
| 5 |  Three Films by Luis Buñuel box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 6 |  The Rules of the Game | Jean Renoir | 1939 |
| 7 |  Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 8 |  La strada | Federico Fellini | 1954 |
Their six single films come from four different countries, with no one of them leading. The two box sets are what carry the reach to 12 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 six 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.