Criterion Closet Picks zóna
„But I was in Japan, and there’s a bar in Golden Gai, in an area of tiny bars, one next to the other, and one bar is called La Jetée because of this film, because of the Chris Marker film. Well, Chris Marker’s work is amazing. Whatever you see with his name, get it, watch it, pay attention.”
Kapcsolódó filmek: Négyszáz csapás (1959) · Három szín: kék (1993) · Három szín: fehér (1994) · Három szín: piros (1994) · Amarcord (1973) · A kilátóterasz (1962) · Anyádat is (2001) · Nap nélkül (1983) · Carlos (2010–2010) · Élősködők (2019) · La camarista (2018) · Tótem (2023)
„Hello, I’m Natasha Lyonne and I am appropriately dressed to be here in the Criterion Closet today.”
„Naked. Okay. This is one of my favorites. This is David Thewlis at his best. Mike Leigh. I see there’s two editions. I guess I’ll just take both. Such a crush on him from this movie. And Katrin Cartlidge, who’s so amazing, who passed away. But, yeah, don’t watch that, like, if…you know, like, if you pick up a skater, let’s say, in Tompkins Square Park and…I’ll hold the movie again so it has context. You know, you pick up a skater in Tompkins Square Park, you bring them home. Then the morning after, you think, “I think this guy’s really gonna get it. They’re gonna love Naked.” You put it on, you realize it’s, I don’t know, 2020. They don’t have the attention span for that. So watch it alone.”
„Oh, I’m in this one, Uncut Gems. I’m a voice or something.”
„Pickpocket. Is this Robert Bresson? Let’s see. Yes.”
„I think I’m about to have tits out,…”
„‘Cause James Wong Howe is the cinematographer of that and he’s my favorite cinematographer.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch…
Town Bloody Hall https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217853/
Kapcsolódó filmek: Nagyvárosi fények (1931) · Dühöngő bika (1980) · A sorompók lezárulnak (1952) · Meztelen ebéd (1991) · Országúton (1954) · Kék ördög (1995) · Dekameron (1971) · Mindhalálig zene (1979) · Mezítelenül (1993) · Az Ezeregyéjszaka virágai (1974) · Canterbury mesék (1972) · A férfigyűjtő (1967) · Kosaras álmok (1994) · Zsebtolvaj (1959) · Ép testben épp, hogy élek (1943) · Éjszakám Maudnál (1969) · Szerelem délután (1972) · A monceau parki péklány (1963) · A siker édes illata (1957) · Claire térde (1970) · Pandora szelencéje (1929) · Olaszországi utazások (Itáliai utazás) (1954) · Átkozott vasárnap (1971) · Európa ’51 (1952) · Susanne karrierje (1963) · Stromboli (1950) · Csiszolatlan gyémánt (2019) · Táncos Jo Jo (1986)
And, really weird, the other day I started singing “People” from Funny Girl and the lady I was working with was like, “Why are you singing that song?” And I said, “I don’t know. It just came to me.” And it was the song that her husband…It was the first ever song her husband played for her when she went back to his house on the night that they met. And they’ve been together ever since. And I randomly picked up on that energy and started singing “People.”
Kapcsolódó filmek: Mielőtt felkel a nap (1995) · Mielőtt lemegy a nap (2004) · Mielőtt éjfélt üt az óra (2013) · Thelma és Louise (1991) · Funny Girl (1968) · Holdkórosok (1987) · Kótyagos szerelem (2002) · A híradó sztárjai (1987) · A nagy borzongás (1983) · Hidegháború (2018) · Petite maman (2021)
„And it’s probably one of the most beautifully shot films. Black Orpheus.”
„The Monterey Pop Festival is probably one of the most brilliant, brilliant captures of concert footage. The most legendary story, of course, is the Jimi Hendrix Experience performance where Hendrix famously does “Wild Thing” and then he puts his guitar on the floor and he destroys it and he sets it on fire.”
„Gimme Shelter…A concert’s thrown and…a murder occurs during the Rolling Stones’ performance and it’s so chilling to watch the Stones watch the footage of the murder.”
Kapcsolódó filmek: Szemet szemért (1989) · Fekete Orfeusz (1959) · Gimme Shelter (1970) · Monterey Pop (1968) · Jimi Plays Monterey (1986) · Afro TV (2000)
„Yi Yi. No explanation needed.”
Kapcsolódó filmek: Nagyvárosi fények (1931) · Az éjszaka (1961) · Zsebtolvaj (1959) · Családi kötelékek (2000) · Jó reggelt! (1959) · Roma (2018)
„I want to see all these movies.”
„I think Chaplin invented everything…And I think he's the father of us all. The circus. I think it's one of Chaplin's most beautiful films. An absolute masterpiece, a marvel.”
„You know, I'm going to create a permanent festival of the most beautiful films in the world in France in Trouville. And so all year round, we will be able to see the most beautiful films in the world. And in any case, these will already be part of the first selection.”
Kapcsolódó filmek: Egy különleges nap (1977) · Előzés (1962) · Egymásnak születtünk (1936) · Hulot úr nyaral (1953) · A cirkusz (1928) · Playtime (1967) · Kisvárosi ünnep (1949) · A nagybácsim (1958) · Hulot úr közlekedik (1971) · Parade (1974)
„This is amazing. Three Films by Luis Buñuel. For me, the reason that Buñuel’s films work so effectively is that they don’t look weird. They don’t have that kind of David Lynchian, dreamlike cinematography. They look very straightforward, which makes it so much stranger when a family sits around on toilets, talking about politics and things like that, and when they go to the bathroom to eat their dinner. Phantom of Liberty and Discreet Charm, two of my absolute favorite movies ever.”
Kapcsolódó filmek: Trainspotting (1996) · A burzsoázia diszkrét bája (1972) · A vágy titokzatos tárgya (1977) · A szabadság fantomja (1974) · Ha… (1968) · Változó világ (1982) · Equinox (1970) · A nagy borotválkozás (1967) · What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963) · It's Not Just You, Murray! (1964) · Italianamerican (1974)
Benjamin Géza Affleck
„The Criterion Collection has brought me into my idea of heaven.”
„Start with Jean Renoir, Rules of the Game. This has my favorite line from all of cinema, probably, in it, which is– Sounds simple, but I find very resonant, which is, “Everyone has their reasons.” I stole it. It’s in Hideg nyomon (2007) also. Astonishing. An extraordinary filmmaker and humanist. And kind of the ability to create empathy and understand other people, I feel like he almost introduced into cinema. It’s sort of the… to me, it’s the heart of why movies are brilliant and unique and wonderful.”
„God, Trainspotting, Danny Boyle. This is an incredible film. Heroin addiction and Scotland. And, you know…“A country colonized by wankers.” It was just amazing. That’s a bad Scottish accent, but those are my ancestors, so I feel some bizarre affinity for the place. And, God, it was such a good movie.”
„Spike Lee’s Malcolm X with Denzel Washington. There is not a performance I can think of that’s better than this. I remember where I was when I watched the movie, and I remember when I walked out, I thought, “I want to be a better man.” It was the first time movies touched me in that kind of a profound way."
„So this disc, the Criterion…I was surprised when I heard Criterion was doing Armageddon. I didn’t think of it as that kind of movie when we did it. And in retrospect, now, I feel like maybe my best work in my career is the commentary on this disc. People approach me to talk about the commentary on this disc as much as they do movies that I’ve been in. And it’s because I didn’t know any better than to be really honest. But I won’t spoil it for those of you who are interested. It is a…It is an achievement that I am proud of and didn’t intend to be as good as I now think it is at the time.”
„This movie, The Elephant Man, by David Lynch, is the first and only time I ever saw my father cry. Movie about what it means to be a human being. And it’s heartbreaking and beautiful and…and it’s tied to a very personal memory for me.”
Kapcsolódó filmek: A bárányok hallgatnak (1991) · Az elefántember (1980) · Trainspotting (1996) · Tökéletlen idők (1993) · Armageddon (1998) · A halál keresztútján (1990) · Malcolm X (1992) · Traffic (2000) · Sivár vidék (1973) · Változó világ (1982) · A játékszabály (1939) · Baseball bikák (1988) · Eszelős Hollywood (1987)
„And I’m going to start with I Am Curious because I am curious. And I’m also interested in the depiction of sex and sexuality on screen. I think it’s very interesting, the debate, where it’s taking us these days. Are we entering an age of prudery? I’m interested in the way that wellness is taking over our lives, and yet sex seems to be taking a backseat. So that’s my first pick.”
„I’m going to introduce you, if you don’t already know it, to a surrealist gem, which is Daisies. It’s a Czech film by Vera Chytilová. I’ve just spent five years living in the Czech Republic, making a television series, Az idő kereke (2021–). And the Czechs are fiercely witty and…they have a dark humor that’s actually very aligned with British humor. And I think what happened in the Czech New Wave was super exciting and avant-garde. And, you know, so much attention is paid to the French New Wave and much less to the Czech New Wave, so I’m putting Daisies in”
https://www.youtube.com/watch…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081204/
Kapcsolódó filmek: Napfogyatkozás (1962) · Százszorszépek (1966) · 101 éjszaka (1995) · Cléo 5-től 7-ig (1962) · Egy szöszi szerelme (1965) · Aljas utcák (1973) · Kukázók (2000) · Egy csepp méz (1961) · Les plages d'Agnès (2008) · Sem fedél, sem törvény (1985) · Jag är nyfiken – en film i gult (1967) · Jag är nyfiken – en film i blått (1968) · Boldogság (1965) · Párbeszéd (1955) · A nagy borotválkozás (1967) · Arcélek, útszélek (2017) · What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963) · It's Not Just You, Murray! (1964) · Italianamerican (1974) · Teremtmények (1966) · Daguerréotypes (1976) · Az egyik énekel, a másik nem (1977) · Varda by Agnès (2019–2019) · Jane B. par Agnès V. (1988) · Black Panthers (1968) · Les glaneurs et la glaneuse… deux ans après (2002) · Kung Fu mester (1988) · Documenteur (1981) · Oncle Yanco (1967) · A nantes-i Jacquot (1991) · Lions Love (… and Lies) (1969)
„We’re going to start with To Sleep with Anger, Charles Burnett. If you don’t know, ask somebody. Find out. It’s a classic.”
„Devil in a Blue Dress, Carl Franklin…Don Cheadle’s performance. Legendary one. Underappreciated. I think the film, just overall, underappreciated.”
„Okay, Memories of Murder, Bong Joon Ho…And really everything Bong Joon Ho does is brilliant.”
„Tootsie, Sydney Pollack. I had the great pleasure of working for Sydney Pollack in the last year of his life. A legendary filmmaker with legendary…um…just a record of brilliant films. And also just a really good man,”
Kapcsolódó filmek: 4 hónap, 3 hét, 2 nap (2007) · Aranyoskám (1982) · Kék ördög (1995) · A halál jele (2003) · To Sleep with Anger (1990) · Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979) · Borderline (1930) · Jericho (1937) · Szülőföldem (1942) · The Emperor Jones (1933) · Body and Soul (1925) · Bosambo (1935) · The Proud Valley (1940) · Afro TV (2000) · Saint Omer (2022) · Egy zuhanás anatómiája (2023)
