Filmed 2017-11-14
Paul Dano
The actor-director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The actor-director stopped by our offices to stock up on movies by Yasujiro Ozu, Edward Yang, and other filmmakers who have shaped his sensibility.
What they took
8 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 8 choices reach 13 films.
Least-picked choice here: Make Way for Tomorrow, taken by 2 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  One-Eyed Jacks | Marlon Brando | 1961 |
| 2 |  The Essential Jacques Demy box set, 6 films | · | · |
| 3 |  A Brighter Summer Day | Edward Yang | 1991 |
| 4 |  Good Morning | Yasujiro Ozu | 1959 |
| 5 |  Make Way for Tomorrow | Leo McCarey | 1937 |
| 6 |  This Sporting Life | Lindsay Anderson | 1963 |
| 7 |  Yi Yi | Edward Yang | 2000 |
| 8 |  My Own Private Idaho | Gus Van Sant | 1991 |
United States accounts for three of their seven single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 13 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 seven 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.