Filmed 2021-11-23
Theodore Witcher
The writer-director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The writer-director of love jones pays a visit to our office and stocks up on a few classics that he hasn’t revisited in years.
What they took
7 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 7 choices reach 9 films.
Least-picked choice here: Blind Chance, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jules and Jim | François Truffaut | 1962 |
| 2 |  The Rules of the Game | Jean Renoir | 1939 |
| 3 |  Notorious | Alfred Hitchcock | 1946 |
| 4 |  Blind Chance | Krzysztof Kieślowski | 1981 |
| 5 |  Deep Cover | Bill Duke | 1992 |
| 6 |  A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 7 |  Late Spring | Yasujiro Ozu | 1949 |
Their six single films come from four different countries, with no one of them leading. The one box set is what carry the reach to 9 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.