Filmed 2023-11-02
Matteo Garrone
The writer and director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The Oscar-nominated writer and director of Io Capitano praises the courage and vision of Buster Keaton, shares his love for the soul of Kenji Mizoguchi and the subconscious of David Lynch, and shouts out one of his cinematic fathers, Roberto Rossellini.
What they took
6 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 6 choices reach 8 films.
Least-picked choice here: The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Cameraman | Edward Sedgwick | 1928 |
| 2 |  Andrei Rublev | Andrei Tarkovsky | 1966 |
| 3 |  A Story from Chikamatsu | Kenji Mizoguchi | 1954 |
| 4 |  The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum | Kenji Mizoguchi | 1939 |
| 5 |  Mulholland Dr. | David Lynch | 2001 |
| 6 |  Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy box set, 3 films | · | · |
Japan accounts for two of their five single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 8 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.