Filmed 2024-11-04
Ken Burns
The director and producer
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The director and producer reminisces about the emotional impact of his early moviegoing experiences, shares his passion for the films of Federico Fellini, and talks about the profound thrill of watching Steve McQueen’s Hunger and Wim Wenders’ Pina for the first time.
What they took
7 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 7 choices reach 20 films.
Least-picked choice here: Hunger, taken by 2 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Odd Man Out | Carol Reed | 1947 |
| 2 |  Seven Samurai | Akira Kurosawa | 1954 |
| 3 |  To Be or Not to Be | Ernst Lubitsch | 1942 |
| 4 |  Rebecca | Alfred Hitchcock | 1940 |
| 5 |  Hunger | Steve McQueen | 2008 |
| 6 |  Essential Fellini box set, 14 films | · | · |
| 7 |  Pina | Wim Wenders | 2011 |
Their six single films come from five different countries, with no one of them leading. The one box set is what carry the reach to 20 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.