The Criterion Collection
Production Notes
Nov 23, 2006 — I first met Robert Altman in person in 1999, when I was producing a series of video introductions featuring contemporary directors discussing their favorite Janus films. Altman was the first Criterion director to respond to our request. We had sent...
The rapper and musician talks about finding inspiration in Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales, shares his love for the work of Sidney Lumet, and takes home favorites like Close-up and La notte.
The composer reflects on his profound experience working on Barry Jenkins’s The Underground Railroad, praises favorite scores by Bernard Herrmann and Zbigniew Preisner, and shares why La Jetée inspires him to think about cinema’s infinite possibilities.
The singer, songwriter, actor, and producer reminisces about having her mind blown by Céline and Julie Go Boating, shares how watching David Cronenberg’s movies helped her escape the repetitiveness of life on the road and praises the unabashed beauty of...
The actor shares her memories of watching Fanfan la Tulipe as a child, talks about her deep connection to Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and expresses the importance of art and cinema in her life.
The composer, producer, and performer shares what he learned from La Bamba, talks about seeing his community reflected in Menace II Society, and praises the vibrancy of Black Orpheus.
The legendary director shares his emotional first encounter with La strada, reminiscences about eating hamburgers at Bob’s Big Boy with David Lynch, and reveals the connection between his film The Fly and Ingmar Bergman’s Hour of the Wolf.
The director and cowriter of Emilia Pérez shares his love for Fritz Lang’s rich visual language, compares Robert Altman’s narratives to “surrealist exquisite-corpse exercises,” and praises the Viennese sensibility of Max Ophuls’s La ronde.
The artist and codirector of Agnès Varda’s documentary Faces Places talks about his intimate collaboration with the late iconic filmmaker, praises world-expanding masterpieces like La haine and Roma, and shouts out his friend Louis Garrel.
The singer of the band Cigarettes After Sex shares his love for La Bamba, talks about how the romance of Eric Rohmer inspires his music, and selects favorites, from The Worst Person in the World to The Tales of Hoffmann.