Filmed 2023-05-22
Michael Shannon
The actor
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The award-winning actor highlights performances he admires, including John Hurt in The Elephant Man , Peter Sellers in Being There, and Catherine Keener in Being John Malkovich.
What they took
7 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 7 choices reach 12 films.
Least-picked choice here: The Elephant Man, taken by 2 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Down by Law | Jim Jarmusch | 1986 |
| 2 |  Being John Malkovich | Spike Jonze | 1999 |
| 3 |  Seconds | John Frankenheimer | 1966 |
| 4 |  The Elephant Man | David Lynch | 1980 |
| 5 |  Being There | Hal Ashby | 1979 |
| 6 |  Five Easy Pieces | Bob Rafelson | 1970 |
| 7 |  America Lost and Found: The BBS Story box set, 7 films | · | · |
United States accounts for five of their six single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 12 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.