Filmed 2024-11-25
Johnnie To
The director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The legendary director shares the importance of learning from the work of Krzysztof Kieślowski, talks about how Straw Dogs sparked his desire to pursue filmmaking, and selects box sets by two of his favorite filmmakers, Martin Scorsese and Masaki Kobayashi.
What they took
9 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Three are box sets, which is why 9 choices reach 17 films.
Least-picked choice here: Eclipse Series 38: Masaki Kobayashi Against the System, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Roma | Alfonso Cuarón | 2018 |
| 2 |  Dekalog | Krzysztof Kieślowski | 1988 |
| 3 |  Three Colors box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 4 |  Harakiri | Masaki Kobayashi | 1962 |
| 5 |  Eclipse Series 38: Masaki Kobayashi Against the System box set, 4 films | · | · |
| 6 |  Straw Dogs | Sam Peckinpah | 1971 |
| 7 |  Raging Bull | Martin Scorsese | 1980 |
| 8 |  Scorsese Shorts | Martin Scorsese | · |
| 9 |  Eclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa box set, 4 films | · | · |
United States accounts for four of their six single films. The three box sets are what carry the reach to 17 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.