Filmed 2015-01-10
Ruben Östlund
Guest
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The Palme d’Or–winning director praises Catherine Breillat’s cinematic exploration of sexuality, talks about Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes’s collaborations, and shares a story from the set of one of his films.
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: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, taken by 3 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1972 |
| 2 |  Three Films by Luis Buñuel box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 3 |  Fat Girl | Catherine Breillat | 2001 |
| 4 |  Love Streams | John Cassavetes | 1984 |
| 5 |  Bicycle Thieves | Vittorio De Sica | 1948 |
| 6 |  Fanny and Alexander box set, 3 films | · | · |
Their four single films come from four different countries, with no one of them leading. 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.