13 Jul 2023
Christian Petzold’s Closet Picks
During a trip to what he calls our “city of movies,” the director of Afire talked about the jazzy qualities of Steven Soderbergh’s films, the inspiration he has taken from Preston Sturges, and an overpoweringly erotic moment in Stromboli.
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
- Choices
- 7
- Single films
- 5
- Box sets
- 2
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wanda | Barbara Loden | 1970 |
| 2 |  The Lady Eve | Preston Sturges | 1941 |
| 3 |  Traffic | Steven Soderbergh | 2000 |
| 4 |  People on Sunday | Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer | 1930 |
| 5 |  Six Moral Tales box set, 6 films | ||
| 6 |  3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman box set, 3 films | ||
| 7 |  A Matter of Life and Death | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | 1946 |