Filmed 2022-07-27
Ron Shelton
The director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The director of Bull Durham sings the praises of a few favorite movies, reminisces about an unforgettable encounter with Billy Wilder, and shares a piece of filmmaking wisdom.
What they took
6 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. None of them is a box set, so the count of choices and the count of films reached are the same.
Least-picked choice here: The Lady Vanishes, taken by 4 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Lady Vanishes | Alfred Hitchcock | 1938 |
| 2 |  Straw Dogs | Sam Peckinpah | 1971 |
| 3 |  Badlands | Terrence Malick | 1973 |
| 4 |  Some Like It Hot | Billy Wilder | 1959 |
| 5 |  His Girl Friday | Howard Hawks | 1940 |
| 6 |  On the Waterfront | Elia Kazan | 1954 |
United States accounts for five of their six single 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.