Filmed 2023-12-07
Willem Dafoe
The actor
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The acclaimed actor shares his deep connection to Onibaba, praises Isabelle Huppert and her performance in The Piano Teacher, recalls Gate of Flesh ’s influence on the Wooster Group, and selects a few of his collaborations with Wes Anderson and Martin Scorsese.
What they took
12 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 12 choices reach 14 films.
Least-picked choice here: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Onibaba | Kaneto Shindo | 1964 |
| 2 |  The Leopard | Luchino Visconti | 1963 |
| 3 |  Pickpocket | Robert Bresson | 1959 |
| 4 |  Ashes and Diamonds | Andrzej Wajda | 1958 |
| 5 |  Gate of Flesh | Seijun Suzuki | 1964 |
| 6 |  3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 7 |  The Devil’s Backbone | Guillermo del Toro | 2001 |
| 8 |  Mirror | Andrei Tarkovsky | 1975 |
| 9 |  The Piano Teacher | Michael Haneke | 2001 |
| 10 |  8½ | Federico Fellini | 1963 |
| 11 |  The Last Temptation of Christ | Martin Scorsese | 1988 |
| 12 |  The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Wes Anderson | 2004 |
Their eleven single films come from seven different countries, with no one of them leading. The one box set is what carry the reach to 14 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 eleven 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.