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My Top Ten Criterions
Patton Oswalt
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Patton Oswalt is a stand-up comic, the instigator of the Comedians of Comedy tour, and voice star of Pixar's Ratatouille. He wrote an appreciation of Allen Baron's film Blast of Silence in Sean Phillips's comic book Criminal (Phillips did the artwork for the Criterion edition). His next project is the independent film Big Fan, in which he has his first lead role. |
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1. Hard Boiled John Woo Out of print, but I’ve got it! Wheeee! Terrific commentary and eleven Woo trailers! |
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2. George Washington David Gordon Green David Gordon Green! |
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3. Amarcord Federico Fellini God, I love huge breasts, and this one’s got two of the hugest-est. Also, it’s a coming-of-age teen sex comedy, but with fascism! Also, the boobs. |
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4. Eclipse Series 5: The First Films of Samuel Fuller Samuel Fuller These are three terrific movies, and the fact that they’re collected in this nifty package is a huge bonus. The Baron of Arizona plays like an old West episode of Blackadder—and features one of Vincent Price’s best performances. |
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5. Blast of Silence Allen Baron I’ve already written extensively about this lean, nasty little masterpiece. It’s on the list ‘cuz you need to buy it. (To read an interview with artist Sean Phillips about the design of Blast of Silence and for a link to Patton's writing about the film, click here.) |
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6. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp |
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7. Gimme Shelter David and Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin One of the best horror movies ever made. The whole movie is shot inside the belly of a quivering, invisible demon—the 1960s, rotting in the sunshine of idealism and about to burst with flies. |
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8. Honeymoon Killers Leonard Kastle Okay this DVD’s got the coolest menu Criterion’s ever devised. Crinkly, tabloid newspapers that you leaf through to get to the meat of the murder. Tawdry and beautiful. |
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9. Slacker Richard Linklater Packaged like a lost, beloved novel, and full of groovy extras, which stand like a sketchbook of doodlings that eventually jelled into the full movie. |
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10. The Spirit of the Beehive Víctor Erice Another beautiful movie beautifully packaged—seemingly a box of wonders fashioned by the two little girls from the movie. |