Filmed 2024-11-21
John Lithgow
The actor
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The actor shares his close connection to Lindsay Anderson’s This Sporting Life, praises Richard Burton’s performance in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, and talks about playing villains for “master of the macabre” Brian De Palma.
What they took
6 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 6 choices reach 11 films.
Least-picked choice here: Blow Out, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sullivan’s Travels | Preston Sturges | 1941 |
| 2 |  This Sporting Life | Lindsay Anderson | 1963 |
| 3 |  The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Martin Ritt | 1965 |
| 4 |  Blow Out | Brian De Palma | 1981 |
| 5 |  The Complete Jacques Tati box set, 6 films | · | · |
| 6 |  The Lady Vanishes | Alfred Hitchcock | 1938 |
United States accounts for three of their five single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 11 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.