Filmed 2025-09-10
Mark Duplass
The writer, director and actor
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The writer, director, and actor reminisces about encountering The Before Trilogy for the first time, describes a technically innovative shot from Lone Star, and shares how the structure of Chantal Akerman’s early films inspired his own filmmaking.
What they took
6 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Three are box sets, which is why 6 choices reach 21 films.
Least-picked choice here: Lone Star, taken by 2 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  John Cassavetes: Five Films box set, 6 films | · | · |
| 2 |  The Before Trilogy box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 3 |  Dekalog | Krzysztof Kieślowski | 1988 |
| 4 |  Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978 box set, 9 films | · | · |
| 5 |  Lone Star | John Sayles | 1996 |
| 6 |  Flow | Gints Zilbalodis | 2024 |
Their three single films come from three different countries, with no one of them leading. The three box sets are 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 three 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.