Filmed 2025-03-19
Questlove
The musician, producer, filmmaker, author and actor
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The musician, producer, filmmaker, author, and actor reminisces about discovering Black Orpheus through Prince, shares his love for concert films like Monterey Pop and Gimme Shelter, and talks about how Spike Lee’s films have always been ahead of their time.
What they took
6 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 6 choices reach 7 films.
Least-picked choice here: Beastie Boys Video Anthology, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Beastie Boys Video Anthology | Various | 2000 |
| 2 |  Black Orpheus | Marcel Camus | 1959 |
| 3 |  The Complete Monterey Pop Festival box set, 2 films | · | · |
| 4 |  Gimme Shelter | David Maysles, Albert Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin | 1970 |
| 5 |  Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | 1989 |
| 6 |  Bamboozled | Spike Lee | 2000 |
United States accounts for four of their five single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 7 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.