Filmed 2024-08-02
Lee Daniels
The writer-director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The writer-director talks about how Federico Fellini and John Waters gave him the passion and confidence to become a filmmaker, shares his poignant experience watching Claudine as a young man, and selects favorites such as Pickup on South Street, Do the Right Thing, and The Piano.
What they took
9 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 9 choices reach 21 films.
Least-picked choice here: Querelle, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  8½ | Federico Fellini | 1963 |
| 2 |  Essential Fellini box set, 14 films | · | · |
| 3 |  Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | 1989 |
| 4 |  Querelle | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1982 |
| 5 |  Female Trouble | John Waters | 1974 |
| 6 |  Pickup on South Street | Samuel Fuller | 1953 |
| 7 |  The Piano | Jane Campion | 1993 |
| 8 |  Claudine | John Berry | 1974 |
| 9 |  Spartacus | Stanley Kubrick | 1960 |
United States accounts for five of their eight single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 21 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 eight 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.