Filmed 2026-06-08
Thomas Bangalter
The musician, producer and composer
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The musician, producer, and composer praises the sonic world of Brian De Palma’s movies, shares why he thinks The Color of Pomegranates is the most beautiful film ever made, and discusses what The Game taught him about the interplay between fiction and reality.
What they took
8 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 8 choices reach 10 films.
Least-picked choice here: Martha Graham: Dance on Film, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Modern Times | Charles Chaplin | 1936 |
| 2 |  Sisters | Brian De Palma | 1973 |
| 3 |  Being John Malkovich | Spike Jonze | 1999 |
| 4 |  Martha Graham: Dance on Film | Nathan Kroll | 1959 |
| 5 |  The Color of Pomegranates | Sergei Parajanov | 1969 |
| 6 |  The Qatsi Trilogy box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 7 |  The Game | David Fincher | 1997 |
| 8 |  The Celebration | Thomas Vinterberg | 1998 |
United States accounts for five of their seven single films. The one box set is 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
Their decades
Their seven 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.