Filmed 2014-09-26
Slavoj Žižek
Guest
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The philosopher names Trouble in Paradise “Ernst Lubitsch’s ultimate masterpiece,” praises Peter Weir’s early films, and calls the final scene of City Lights “the most sublime ending.”
What they took
12 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Three are box sets, which is why 12 choices reach 22 films.
Least-picked choice here: Eclipse Series 14: Rossellini’s History Films—Renaissance and Enlightenment, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Trouble in Paradise | Ernst Lubitsch | 1932 |
| 2 |  Sweet Smell of Success | Alexander Mackendrick | 1957 |
| 3 |  Picnic at Hanging Rock | Peter Weir | 1975 |
| 4 |  Murmur of the Heart | Louis Malle | 1971 |
| 5 |  Eclipse Series 32: Pearls of the Czech New Wave box set, 6 films | · | · |
| 6 |  Stranger Than Paradise | Jim Jarmusch | 1984 |
| 7 |  Great Expectations | David Lean | 1946 |
| 8 |  Eclipse Series 14: Rossellini’s History Films—Renaissance and Enlightenment box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 9 |  City Lights | Charles Chaplin | 1931 |
| 10 |  Carl Theodor Dreyer box set, 4 films | · | · |
| 11 |  Y tu mamá también | Alfonso Cuarón | 2001 |
| 12 |  Antichrist | Lars von Trier | 2009 |
United States accounts for four of their nine single films. The three box sets are what carry the reach to 22 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 nine 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.