Filmed 2025-08-14
Judd Apatow
The writer and director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The writer and director talks about the influence of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, shares his love for Original Cast Album: “Company,” and takes his chances on a series of blind selections.
What they took
11 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 11 choices reach 16 films.
Least-picked choice here: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  George Washington | David Gordon Green | 2000 |
| 2 |  John Cassavetes: Five Films box set, 6 films | · | · |
| 3 |  Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Amy Heckerling | 1982 |
| 4 |  Defending Your Life | Albert Brooks | 1991 |
| 5 |  Original Cast Album: “Company” | D. A. Pennebaker | 1970 |
| 6 |  Tootsie | Sydney Pollack | 1982 |
| 7 |  The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Wes Anderson | 2004 |
| 8 |  In the Mood for Love | Wong Kar Wai | 2000 |
| 9 |  The Age of Innocence | Martin Scorsese | 1993 |
| 10 |  Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio | Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson | 2022 |
| 11 |  Kameradschaft | G. W. Pabst | 1931 |
United States accounts for seven of their ten single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 16 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 ten 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.