16 Apr 2017
Alexander Payne’s Closet Picks
The Oscar-winning writer-director sings the praises of Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni in Ettore Scola’s A Special Day and cops to never having seen Robert Altman’s 3 Women .
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
- Choices
- 11
- Single films
- 11
- Box sets
- 0
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 1976 |
| 2 |  Ace in the Hole | Billy Wilder | 1951 |
| 3 |  3 Women | Robert Altman | 1977 |
| 4 |  L’avventura | Michelangelo Antonioni | 1960 |
| 5 |  Le plaisir | Max Ophuls | 1952 |
| 6 |  ¡Alambrista! | Robert M. Young | 1977 |
| 7 |  The Breaking Point | Michael Curtiz | 1950 |
| 8 |  Speedy | Ted Wilde | 1928 |
| 9 |  Red Beard | Akira Kurosawa | 1965 |
| 10 |  A Special Day | Ettore Scola | 1977 |
| 11 |  The Executioner | Luis García Berlanga | 1963 |