Filmed 2026-04-22
Robert De Niro
The actor and director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The legendary actor and director stopped by for a brief visit to the Criterion Closet, where he shared some of his Italian-cinema favorites and talked about his experience working with Agnès Varda.
What they took
5 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Two are box sets, which is why 5 choices reach 39 films.
Least-picked choice here: Big Deal on Madonna Street, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Big Deal on Madonna Street | Mario Monicelli | 1958 |
| 2 |  Divorce Italian Style | Pietro Germi | 1961 |
| 3 |  Blow-Up | Michelangelo Antonioni | 1966 |
| 4 |  The Complete Films of Agnès Varda box set, 22 films | · | · |
| 5 |  Essential Fellini box set, 14 films | · | · |
Italy accounts for two of their three single films. The two box sets are what carry the reach to 39 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 three 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.