I have LOVED Matthew Modine since 'Birdy', an extraordinary film from the early 80s that's stayed with me all these many decades later. An absolutely haunting performance from Matthew Modine. Super-talented actor, & it's great to see his love & joy for cinema shining thru here.
Nothing I love more than people in the film industry that actually appreciate and LOVE cinema, when it becomes clear it’s more than just having a job they’re good at it.
G'day Matthew, Thank you for your outstanding body of work. I've been a fan since I saw your first film, back then I was a film critic for newspapers and radio. On Dr Strangelove, Kubrick used, of course, as his main source, 'Red Alert' by Peter Bryant (Peter George). I finally got around to reading this book in 2015 and found it to be one of the most engrossing and at the same time, possibly, the most depressing book I've ever read. I read 'Red Alert' while on vacation in Paris, one of the obvious nuclear targets of the 50s and 60s. I spent two days sitting in one of my favorite bistros in Paris reading this book. A deep depression overcame me and I understood immediately how Kubrick must have felt and why his stroke of genius to play this as a satirical comedy was his only alternative. Peter Bryant was the pen name of Peter Bryant George who had actually been a member of the Royal Air Force when he wrote 'Red Alert' in 1958 as a way to exorcise his personal 'demons' about the fundamental futility of nuclear war, barely kept from happening because of the M.A.D. concept of mutually assured destruction. Peter George was an RAF navigator during WW2 and then re-joined the RAF in peacetime working as a Flight Controller for fighter wings on 'scramble stand-by' for nuclear attacks. He wrote many books, part-time during lulls in his RAF duties. He briefly co-wrote with Kubrick on 'Dr Stangelove..." but he was never comfortable with Kubrick's comedy approach. Perhaps because he was still bearing the scars of his insider knowledge of how WW3 would go down. Sadly, so sadly, Peter Bryant George, even after this book, and writing others, he could still not cope with his fears for nuclear war. Convinced that WW3 was an inevitability, he took his life in 1966. I confess that after reading 'Red Alert', I have not been able to bring myself to see 'Dr Strangelove...' again. Thank you for your participation in this series of videos. Kind regards, BH.
My favorite Criterion Collection films: 1. Madadayo (1993). Akira Kurosawa's last movie and to me his best. 2. Chungking Express (1994). Life isn't complete without spend a couple of nights at the Chungking Mansions. Weird place in a beautiful city. This movie makes me feel like I was back there. So much great cinema has come out of East Asia.
People today don't realize how scandalous it was for Kubrick to make a black comedy on nuclear war at that time. One critic wrote, "Russia could not buy more harm to America." But the film was at the forefront of the zeitgeist change in realizing the nuclear arms race was utterly insane.
I kind of appreciate how he's more of an artiste than an actor. Like he made the decision to as much as possible go out and tell stories, worthwhile stories about people and life (sure he has some Hollywood in there and some of the films overall were duds)
I find it shocking, considering their connection, that when he mentions the player he doesn't mention Vincent D'onofrio as one of the main characters in that movie.
@@williamshaw9047 I actually had the pleasure of meeting Stanley Kubrick when I was living in England I was a postman and I was delivering something to his house
@@videotrash it’s about how the stereotypical American hero (Wayne) never had to fight a war like the Vietnam war. Instead, it was teenagers. Joker was mocking this fact when he said that line
@@funkmachine9094 I think the point is that he clearly aged but aged well. He looks healthy and not like some puppet who tried to keep his youth with surgery.
His picks: Tanner 88 - 0:44 The Player - 1:10 Night of the Living Dead - 1:39 Midnight Cowboy - 2:08 Black Stallion - 2:32 Dr. Strangelove - 3:22 High and Low - 4:10 Being There - 4:56
instead of NOTLD, i woulda picked Romaro's The Amusement Park; Midnight Cowboy?? Little Big Man!...Dustin's masterpiece with superb work from Jeff Corey
NintendianaJones64 Yes, Being There and Dr. Strangelove are both amazing films with great performances from Peter Sellers. Robert Altman’s The Player is another great movie.
You can definitely tell that he thinks highly of his father, who instilled a love for movies. His face lights up when he sees a title that brings back memories for him. Great video.
@Saddam Zimmerman Actually, it is Keef - he's spent lockdown at the same Swiss clinic ( full service ( untouched for decades): face-lift, vocal pipes cleanse, etc.; the staff were paid a bonus) at the one Mick uses , bi- monthly, to cleanse his blood by laser.
High & Low is a truly great movie. What he described makes up only half of the movie too, the rest is the subsequent investigation to track down the kidnapper making up a really smart & detailed investigative thriller. Definitely top three Kurosawa for me.
Thank you, Criterion, for showing us that, yes, there IS a Matthew Modine drinking game. Every time he says, "I had the pleasure of working with," you do a shot! ☺
@@Wired4Life2 Aww, be a sport, Blue Fox! It's fun! It's like I was telling my cat, who I had the pleasure of working with. Oops! Time to pour myself some Monkey 47; the best gin in the world! ☺
Granted, the movie is 60-years-old, but I somehow feel there still should have been a spoiler alert... Also, I hope that when I’m an old man I too can dress like a sophisticated French woman and make it work.
Lynch is very well versed in the auteurs of cinema; not so much in popular culture directors or contemporary cinema. But yeah, it would be epic if he just picked Eraserhead and left. :D
It’s rather funny looking back now, how Matthew Modine talks about why Stanley Kubrick realized you couldn’t truly make a serious atomic bomb film because how ridiculous the whole thing really was. Then Matthew ends up being cast in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer”.
"I'm so happy that I am in the Criterion Closet. In one piece, and short. I'm in a world of shit, yes, but I am in the Criterion Closet, and I'm not afraid".
He probably already owns all of the movies in the closet. And being Tarantino, he probably owns them on 35mm so he can show them at his movie theater in Los Angeles, the New Beverly Cinema.
Matthew Modine looks genuinely happy to be inside the closet.
Acting!
But who wouldn't
@Bibbity Bibbity get out
Is Tom Cruise hiding in there somewhere?
That scarf says otherwise.
How to tell when an actor is passionate about films? look at Matthew's face, he never stopped smiling throught the whole clip :)
He always has a grin on his face, watch his acting
@Threehundredpages Pages not a given, some actors lose the passion over time and just do it for a paycheck
😍
He might also be a little high on cannabis. That'll bring about a smile.
He doesn’t give a shit about anything
I want to hang out with Matthew Modine and hear more of his stories!
I hope you do. Stew FMJ Crew.
I’ve had the pleasure of having multiple conversations with Matthew and I can vouch that he is just like this irl. He really is a great dude.
@@rinderragout354 That's great!
I have LOVED Matthew Modine since 'Birdy', an extraordinary film from the early 80s that's stayed with me all these many decades later. An absolutely haunting performance from Matthew Modine.
Super-talented actor, & it's great to see his love & joy for cinema shining thru here.
His father managed a drive-in theatre. Coolest dad ever!
Def.
Mr. Modine an American treasure. Love his enthusiasm in this closet picks.
"The Player" has the best ending I've ever seen in a movie ever.
Yes. “Traffic was a bitch.” 😊
watched it back in the day did nothing for me
High and Low is easily the most underrated Kurosawa film, honestly could be my favorite
Yes, I love High and Low!
Yeah I think I could say High and Low is my favorite too based on the five films by him I've seen.
Ikiru was pretty amazing. As an action/adventure enthusiast, I’ve always loved Kurosawa’s films with Mifune. Especially Yojimbo.
Too good.
I think it is his best film.
Wished this was at least 30min. Such a humble dude who's worked with absolute legends.
Loved Matthew in Married to the Mob❗️
Yassss 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Nothing I love more than people in the film industry that actually appreciate and LOVE cinema, when it becomes clear it’s more than just having a job they’re good at it.
Short Cuts is such a great Criterion package, one of the first I ever bought right out of high school.
Speaking of great obscure films, Matthew Modine played the title role in BIRDY, a fabulous1984 film.
As always I wish these were longer. I feel so much is likely edited out. Nevertheless, thank you for continuing this series.
Great episode, I hope Modine has something of a career revival someday! Very underrated
I mean he was on stranger things.
G'day Matthew, Thank you for your outstanding body of work. I've been a fan since I saw your first film, back then I was a film critic for newspapers and radio. On Dr Strangelove, Kubrick used, of course, as his main source, 'Red Alert' by Peter Bryant (Peter George). I finally got around to reading this book in 2015 and found it to be one of the most engrossing and at the same time, possibly, the most depressing book I've ever read. I read 'Red Alert' while on vacation in Paris, one of the obvious nuclear targets of the 50s and 60s. I spent two days sitting in one of my favorite bistros in Paris reading this book. A deep depression overcame me and I understood immediately how Kubrick must have felt and why his stroke of genius to play this as a satirical comedy was his only alternative.
Peter Bryant was the pen name of Peter Bryant George who had actually been a member of the Royal Air Force when he wrote 'Red Alert' in 1958 as a way to exorcise his personal 'demons' about the fundamental futility of nuclear war, barely kept from happening because of the M.A.D. concept of mutually assured destruction. Peter George was an RAF navigator during WW2 and then re-joined the RAF in peacetime working as a Flight Controller for fighter wings on 'scramble stand-by' for nuclear attacks. He wrote many books, part-time during lulls in his RAF duties. He briefly co-wrote with Kubrick on 'Dr Stangelove..." but he was never comfortable with Kubrick's comedy approach. Perhaps because he was still bearing the scars of his insider knowledge of how WW3 would go down.
Sadly, so sadly, Peter Bryant George, even after this book, and writing others, he could still not cope with his fears for nuclear war. Convinced that WW3 was an inevitability, he took his life in 1966. I confess that after reading 'Red Alert', I have not been able to bring myself to see 'Dr Strangelove...' again. Thank you for your participation in this series of videos. Kind regards, BH.
My favorite actor of many great films of the 1980s and '90s. Still seems like a cool guy.
Trust me Matthew is. Stew FMJ Crew.
Thank You Criterion for coming back with Closet Picks ❤️❤️❤️
Bring more such videos🔥🔥🔥
So wonderful to hear the enjoyment in your voice as you discuss these wonderful movies.
A nicely captured moment... oh Mathew we miss you...🥁🥁🥁🥁
One of our great American actors.
I would’ve picked “Birdy” if it was there
Great film with Matthew Modine and Nick Cage.
Hmm I remember reading the book but the movie got bad reviews so I never bothered.
this guy has maintained his integrity quite amazingly.
wish this was longer. Love these videos!
My favorite Criterion Collection films:
1. Madadayo (1993). Akira Kurosawa's last movie and to me his best.
2. Chungking Express (1994). Life isn't complete without spend a couple of nights at the Chungking Mansions. Weird place in a beautiful city. This movie makes me feel like I was back there.
So much great cinema has come out of East Asia.
Jeez Matthew. Nice picks. Also I love the Kubrick stories. High and Low is one of my all time favorite films.
God he is so sweet…and has such a nice voice to listen to. Has he done audiobooks yet? He should!
I think he's coming back for Stranger Things season 4.
Man the name drops are genuinely good name drops just like it's a regular person lol love it
Matthew Modine i bow to you . i really hope we get to see you more in Stranger Things.
He's awesome! 🤗👍💯
People today don't realize how scandalous it was for Kubrick to make a black comedy on nuclear war at that time. One critic wrote, "Russia could not buy more harm to America." But the film was at the forefront of the zeitgeist change in realizing the nuclear arms race was utterly insane.
Love this guy...knows his films
Modine in 'Birdy'....a fave.
Is there "Private School" in the Criterion Collection?
Can only imagine and dream about the idea of having Stanley Kubrick and his wealth of wisdom being shared on a visit to the Closet. RIP
this kid was good in VISION QUEST
His best work is in his role in And The Band Played On. And Pacific Heights was no slouch.
I kind of appreciate how he's more of an artiste than an actor. Like he made the decision to as much as possible go out and tell stories, worthwhile stories about people and life (sure he has some Hollywood in there and some of the films overall were duds)
Does matthew modine have a movie to be released on Criterion soon?
Matthew! Criterion! Thank you! Be safe!
Thanks, most interesting. I very much enjoy your work.
The sergeant would be disappointed in his war face. He’s smiling the whole time :)
0:09 true, got to go from bottom to top!
I always used to confuse this actor with Crispen Glover. Both are great
Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket is Modine's finest film role.
Private Joker, you are too cool, mate.
Put "Vision Quest" on Criterion!
Night of the LIving Dead scarred me too.
he looks like a young Keith Richards in that attire
Only difference is he’s way better looking than Keith Richards
Modine underrated resume of films. Birdy anyone?
Looks like our nanny , her face is smooth too
Love this one
'WE've got a comedian here. Private Joker..."
Black stallion os the best movie in this list, best movie of 1979
Salt Lake City Utah represent!
I find it shocking, considering their connection, that when he mentions the player he doesn't mention Vincent D'onofrio as one of the main characters in that movie.
wow I have this image of him in my brain and he's perpetually young
My favourite Matthew Modine movie is "Funky Monkey" (2004)
Lookin like Ted Danson
life aquatic with steve zissou, how many movies have devo within the soundtrack?
Friedkin's SORCERER isn't on Criterion Collection because it's actually good lmao. I love Kurosawa tho
Shoutouts to Vision Quest babyyyyy
yo what a fit he has on
He looks exactly like one of the kids from the “Cocoon” segement of Twilight Zone the Movie. The one with the cape and sword.
Bring in Rafterman and Animal Mother and we have a video.
He is still very handsome
Y’all should get Vincent Gallo in here
was it recorded now? why he's not using a mask?
"Morgan, Mason, Matthew and Modine." Jiminy Glick
Very cool Modine
lol he looks like Stewart Copeland
“My friend, Stanley Kubrick”
If any one of us ran into Kubrick anywhere, we would refer to him as "my friend Stanley Kubrick" for the rest of our lives.
@@williamshaw9047 yeah true
Full Metal Jacket was brilliant, all the actors in it.
So cool.
@@williamshaw9047
I actually had the pleasure of meeting Stanley Kubrick when I was living in England I was a postman and I was delivering something to his house
Is that you John Wayne? Is this me?
@ASMRcinema the fairy f*cking godmother!
I actually never got that joke ;_;
@@kieranlivingstone6824 out fucking standing!
@@videotrash it’s about how the stereotypical American hero (Wayne) never had to fight a war like the Vietnam war. Instead, it was teenagers. Joker was mocking this fact when he said that line
“Well, pilgrim...”
Some people say Heath Ledger is the best, others will say Joaquin Phoenix, but we all know that Matthew Modine is the best Joker
Don't say that to those who think Willem Dafoe is perfect for that role. They will eat you alive.
So true. Stew FMJ Crew.
IS THAT YOU JOHN WAYNE? IS THIS ME!
Looollll!
Well played sir and I absolutely concur. Now let me see your war face!
He is so cool - and aged like wine.
i don't think you know much about wine then lol
He turned into Keith Richards
Nah, he looks his age.
@@funkmachine9094 I think the point is that he clearly aged but aged well. He looks healthy and not like some puppet who tried to keep his youth with surgery.
@@daviddarko5837 i know what it means,hence my comment
The only problem with this is that it’s not an hour long.
I love his enthusiasm; so infectious.
His picks:
Tanner 88 - 0:44
The Player - 1:10
Night of the Living Dead - 1:39
Midnight Cowboy - 2:08
Black Stallion - 2:32
Dr. Strangelove - 3:22
High and Low - 4:10
Being There - 4:56
I'm sad that I didn't get to hear him talk about Being There.
What a tremendous film.
instead of NOTLD, i woulda picked Romaro's The Amusement Park; Midnight Cowboy?? Little Big Man!...Dustin's masterpiece with superb work from Jeff Corey
NintendianaJones64 Yes, Being There and Dr. Strangelove are both amazing films with great performances from Peter Sellers. Robert Altman’s The Player is another great movie.
You can definitely tell that he thinks highly of his father, who instilled a love for movies. His face lights up when he sees a title that brings back memories for him. Great video.
Matthew Modine with a scarf and a headscarf looks like he came from a Cutthroat Island sequel.
looks more like he just got a mocha and croissant after a light morning jog
Sequal or reboot? ; PP
@Saddam Zimmerman Actually, it is Keef - he's spent lockdown at the same Swiss clinic ( full service ( untouched for decades): face-lift, vocal pipes cleanse, etc.; the staff were paid a bonus) at the one Mick uses , bi- monthly, to cleanse his blood by laser.
Nice.
High & Low is a truly great movie. What he described makes up only half of the movie too, the rest is the subsequent investigation to track down the kidnapper making up a really smart & detailed investigative thriller. Definitely top three Kurosawa for me.
That and "The Bad Sleep Well": A masterclass in making a gripping crime film.
I love HIGH & LOW!
it's in my top 5 of the 19 films by kurosawa that i've seen so far.
For me, I felt the opposite. Once the film leaves Mifune’s character and follows the cops, it just became another standard police procedural film.
High and Low is top 3 for me as well (the other two being Seven Samurai and Ran. Vanilla, I know).
Drunken Angel is another one people sleep on.
I'll watch all these films with my four strapping young boys: Morgan, Mason, Matthew, and Modine.
Thank you, Criterion, for showing us that, yes, there IS a Matthew Modine drinking game. Every time he says, "I had the pleasure of working with," you do a shot! ☺
Or his dad's drive in theater.
@@fromthehaven94 he said that twice
My drunk-ass ghost discourages this.
@@Wired4Life2 Aww, be a sport, Blue Fox! It's fun! It's like I was telling my cat, who I had the pleasure of working with. Oops! Time to pour myself some Monkey 47; the best gin in the world! ☺
imagine being able to call Stanley Kubrick your friend
Wow, he's actually had a pretty great career when you go through his filmography...
and he didn't even mention Vision Quest LOL
He’s been in great films.
Is this guy a comedian? I like him, he can come home to my house and have my sister
What is your major malfunction numb nuts? Didn't mommy and daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?
Quite a sick statement, might want to get that checked...
@@lindas.martin2806 it's just a quote from full metal jacket... modine's breakout movie!
@@matiastoro1667 Have you seen Full Metal Jacket?
@@jacobanderson5767 Have you?
"My father was a drive-in theatre manager..."
How many people are jealous of him even if he didn't become a big-name actor?
Me...all those movies to watch.
Matthew Modine was a great actor
My dad ran the projector and managed Hollis Theatres in Globe, Arizona. He also ran the projector at our drive-in.
This was my exact reaction.
@@geg6315 Was and is.
Vision Quest, And The Band Played On..
Granted, the movie is 60-years-old, but I somehow feel there still should have been a spoiler alert...
Also, I hope that when I’m an old man I too can dress like a sophisticated French woman and make it work.
Ted Danson x David Foster Wallace
BK with a dash of Keith Richard 😜
If only David lynch picked his Dvd only then i can die peacefully
The thing is he hasn’t seen that much film compared to all these other people. He’s not a film buff.
Yes
@@isakdahl7054 Yes,i know that he loves fellini,kubrick,jacques,hitchcock
@@isakdahl7054 haha true, what really did it was when he pulled out midnight cowboy. I legit laughed out loud
Lynch is very well versed in the auteurs of cinema; not so much in popular culture directors or contemporary cinema. But yeah, it would be epic if he just picked Eraserhead and left. :D
This is fabulous. He’s so enthusiastic and genuine. His choices are superb and his stories are magical. And, he’s a great actor, too.
It’s rather funny looking back now, how Matthew Modine talks about why Stanley Kubrick realized you couldn’t truly make a serious atomic bomb film because how ridiculous the whole thing really was. Then Matthew ends up being cast in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer”.
"I'm so happy that I am in the Criterion Closet.
In one piece, and short.
I'm in a world of shit, yes, but I am in the Criterion Closet, and I'm not afraid".
I longed for a closet video
You got a winner.
@@paulb111 I am a simple man; I see a closet video, i win
I'd like to see Tarantino do one of these. His mind would be going 100 different directions at once.
He would be there forever, probably have a fit then just end up taking the whole closet.
He probably already owns all of the movies in the closet. And being Tarantino, he probably owns them on 35mm so he can show them at his movie theater in Los Angeles, the New Beverly Cinema.
GODDAMN YOU MODINE!!! I Demand more details on the Mormons-Throwing-You-Out-Of-Utah-for-MIDNIGHT-COWBOY story!
Robert Altman, Stanley Kubrick, and Francis Ford Coppola walk into a bar...
There waiting for them is their best friend Matthew Modine.
That "High and Low" movie sounds like a great premise. I never heard of it before. I'll have to check that out.
It's a good movie. It has its highs and lows.
@@davidnoffsinger5214 LOL!!
_High & Low_ is like Villeneuve’s _Prisoners_ before Villeneuve’s _Prisoners._
@@Wired4Life2 I really need to see it