Filmed 2012-04-12
Philip Kaufman
The director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The director of The Right Stuff and The Unbearable Lightness of Being selects a group of films that he hopes will inspire him in his own work, including Amarcord, The Wages of Fear, Fanny and Alexander, and The Battle of Algiers.
What they took
6 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Two are box sets, which is why 6 choices reach 10 films.
Least-picked choice here: Stage and Spectacle: Three Films by Jean Renoir, taken by 3 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Amarcord | Federico Fellini | 1973 |
| 2 |  The Wages of Fear | Henri-Georges Clouzot | 1953 |
| 3 |  Crumb | Terry Zwigoff | 1995 |
| 4 |  Fanny and Alexander box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 5 |  The Battle of Algiers | Gillo Pontecorvo | 1966 |
| 6 |  Stage and Spectacle: Three Films by Jean Renoir box set, 3 films | · | · |
Italy accounts for two of their four single films. The two box sets are what carry the reach to 10 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
Nobody close enough to name
A visit needs at least 5 choices to be compared at all, and a pair at least 2 in common to count as close. Nothing this visit took was taken twice over by anybody else.
Their decades
Their four 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.