@@aaronshouting588 He's done 2 movies after Hereditary, and Midsommar was great, how's that a peak? lol He has a lot more to offer and do - definitely an exciting director to watch.
@@film_magician Midsommar was mid at best and Beau is Afraid is just him enjoying the smell of his own farts. Hereditary is the only one that feels like a genuine masterpiece! There’s no denying his talent, that’s for sure’s. And I’ll still be there to see his future projects. I just don’t think he’ll ever top Hereditary!
His picks: "Closely Watched Trains" by Jiri Menzel Michael Haneke Trilogy "Daisies" by Vera Chytilova "Cure" by Kiyoshi Kurosawa "Mr Klein" by Joseph Losey The Koker Trilogy by Kiarostami "La Poison" by Sacha Guitry "Three Fantastic Journeys" by Karel Zeman "The New World" by Terrence Malick "Secret Sunshine" by Lee Chang-dong "Woman in the Dunes" by Hiroshi Teshigahara "Che" by Steven Soderbergh "Mishima" by Paul Schrader "Bigger than Life" by Nicholas Ray "Brand Upon the Brain" by Guy Maddin "Walkabout" by Nicholas Roeg
"This and 'Beau' have in common that they are about a man who really needs to come" "Amazing ending...makes you sick." "There's an argument to be made that 'Cure' by Kiyoshi Kurosawa is the greatest film ever made."
Bong joon ho praised 'Cure' in an interview from 2019 and listed it as one of the films that influenced and inspired him very early on in his career, and he also said that it is one of the greatest films ever made.
All of the ones that I've seen are personal favorites of mine (Closely Watched Trains, Seventh Continent, Daisies, Mr. Klein, Cure, Kiarostami, Zeman, The New World, Woman in the Dunes, Brand Upon the Brain, Walkabout). All masterpieces really.
@@Whocares1987 _WHAT?!?_ Then your profile name is quite appropriate! 🤣🤦♂️SMH (sorry, I couldn't resist) Woman In The Dunes, The New World, Mr Klein, Closely Watched Trains, Daisies, Cure, Ché, Secret Sunshine, Mishima, Bigger Than Life, Brand Upon The Brain, The Koker Trilogy, and all the others... all amazing!
Picks: Closely Watched Trains Michael Haneke Trilogy Daisies Cure Mr. Klein Koker Trilogy Le Poison Karel Zeman set The New World Secret Sunshine Woman in the Dunes Che Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Bigger Than Life Brand Upon the Brain! Walkabout A great video. I wish Guy Maddin got more attention.
Those highly sardonic jokes Ari was cracking in the beginning had me dead lol. LOVED the mentions of Daisies, Cure & Mishima in particular, but Ari's choices are golden 🤌🏼🤌🏼
Menzel, Haneke, Chytilova, (Kiyoshi) Kurosawa, Losey, Kiarostami, Guitry, Zeman, Malick, Lee (Chang-dong), Teshigahara, Soderbergh, Schrader, (Nicholas) Ray, Maddin, Roeg...this guy definitely knows his stuff, and can come around mine any time to watch any of the above directors' work, and more of course. I don't have all of these but I have at least a few of their other films, and would recommend them all! Great picks, I feel like a lot of people come on here and just pick the usual stuff. This is way more my cup of tea.
That would be awesome. I’d probably do some very bad things to get 10 minutes in that closet so a Golden Ticket would save me the inevitable shame that would creep in after debasing myself for Criterion’s Closet.
Ari Aster by far has the best taste out of all the directors i've seen. when he said "Burning" is his favorite film of the last decade i literally screamed. it is really timeless masterpiece and an underrated film!
Always down to hear Ari talk about cinema. Dude doesn't miss. Even if you don't enjoy his films, they make you think, and that's worth the price of admission by itself. I haven't had the pleasure of seeing Beau is Afraid yet (if you hated it, save your comments, I don't care) but I adore Hereditary and Midsommar.
He definitely went for some of the lesser spoken of (but just as good) films in the collection... I hope more people are put on to films like _Mr. Klein_ and _Brand Upon The Brain_ thru this video! 90% of the films he selected would probably end up in a list of my top 100 films.
I have to thank Ari for introducing me to the works of Lee Chang-dong. Burning and specially Secret Sunshine were two of the best films I've seen recently. Also, I'm so glad he picked Daisies, one of my favorite films ever.
I love that he mentions the Lee Chang-Dong films "Burning" and "Secret Sunshine." I can vouch: These are great, great films. I love "Burning" to the core -- I keep trying to get other people to watch that one with me. And what he says about Secret Sunshine, and the scene where the woman meets her kid's abductor in prison -- man, that's the exact scene I always want to tell people about. One of the most intense moments I've ever seen. Whatever you think might happen in that moment -- well, what does happen is so simple, and so completely understandable, and yet it pulls the rug out from under her in ways you just couldn't have anticipated. It's brutal. Anyway: Great picks, Ari!
Saw burning a couple weeks ago. Saw Secret Sunshine tonight. Both are fucking great. SS is a bit more melodramatic and Burning is much more understated. Both feel very eerie
@@howtobleachyourhairs Burning is probably my fave, but I really had no idea what SS was about when I started watching -- and it just continually surprised me. It at first looks like it's going to be a story about a woman coming to terms with the loss of her husband and learning to be a single-mom. Then it looks like it's going to turn into a missing-person thriller. But almost as soon as that possibility surfaces, it is dismissed, as the person is "found" sooner than we expect, and his abductor is arrested and sent to prison. So then it starts to turn into a story about a woman coming to terms with grief -- and in that, it becomes a really perceptive story about how a person who once was essentially athiest might be drawn to religion and might find meaning in that. However, that all builds up to the film's most powerful moment, when her newfound faith is utterly destroyed by a few simple words spoken without malice by her child's murderer. The way those words ring so true to the core of her faith, and yet also prove its undoing, just hit me really powerfully. Ultimately, the film ends up having some really interesting and nuanced views on religious-faith, and perhaps should be read as a criticism of religion overall; it's possible that the faith depicted in the film is essentially false and destructive, regardless of the temporary salve it provides for her. Anyway, overall, SS was a slow but intriguing watch which kept surprising me all the way through, and I liked the complicated viewpoints it expressed.
Now, this is the kind of guide to closet picks that we can really learn from. More like this please. Ari really knows how to pick 'em. I just purchased Mr. Klein and will probably buy a few more.
Whoa! 😳 That must've been amazing... Benicio been one of my favorite actors since _The Usual Suspects!_ _Che_ is such an achievement... I wish it had gotten more accolades but the response was pretty predictable.
I love these in general, and I am obsessed with Ari Aster’s work. Thank you for giving it a second go, I am very curious about the movies that make you tick!
This not only shows Aster's intellect and taste in cinema, - which I personally and surprisingly relate to; his comments about the Koker trilogy are exactly how I felt about it - but his sense of humor as well. He has such dark, deadpan humor and you can see that reflected in his films; short or feature length.
Except I think it's incorrect to consider Haneke's trilogy Bressonian. I guess maybe in regards to lack of coverage and specific inserts but so many other filmmakers could just as easily stand in place. Haneke is deliberately guiding you (not pushing you, thankfully) towards a more uncomfortable tone whereas Bresson doesn't really provide the viewer with any concrete feelings most of the time and lets the audience decide.
He’s right about Che. A lot of the lack of attention may have to do with how it was distributed in 2 parts as a Spanish language movie about cuban guerrillas running around the jungle getting into shootouts and having small interactions for 4 hours. Easier to see it as a flex for Soderbergh than a mature well researched epic character study about the Cuban revolution and one of the most influential/controversial political figures of the late 20th century. Probably Benicio Del Toro’s greatest performance.
Speaking of roadshow-style releases: I saw Che like that in the West Village - both parts with a 20 min intermission. Just took a Sat afternoon off and went. Did the same sort of thing with Carlos a couple of years later! It’s the longest movie I’ve seen in a theatre, about 5 1/2 hours.
So happy he mentioned Lee Chang Dong. Secret Sunshine has one of the best performances i've ever seen, and Burning is literally my favourite film of all time. If you haven't checked out his work, do yourself a favour!
yes lee chang dong is one of the best directors, he captures these immensely human stories which also do not hold back in depicting the harsh and alienating aspects of society in south korea, stories about outcasts or voices not given their due
He looks like a librarian that works in his day off, I bet that’s the reason he’s so talented you can tell all his focus goes on learning and discovering more from Arthouse flicks
I've seen all of those for the first time quite recently and was blown away - _Mr. Klein_ is such an amazing, fascinating journey that I was very surprised I hadn't heard it celebrated previously. _Cure_ & _Secret Sunshine_ are, of course, mind-blowers! Amazing performances and direction in all 3 of those I named...
Absolutely! A _stunning_ picture... Nick Ray was such a great director. _In a Lonely Place_ will always be a particular favorite. Glad that Criterion honors him.
He picked so many of my favorites! Closely Watched Trains, The Seventh Continent, Daisies, Cure, Mr Klein, Zeman, Mishima. Definitely going to check out his other picks now
So jealous of his talent. I just saw his new movie Beu is Afraid. It was so similar to the film I want to make,but his ideas were 1000x better. It was so good. It was like a mix of Terry Gilliam's Brazil and Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.
All great picks. Love to hear how he speaks about The New World. Watched extended cut for the first time last year and its one of the most beautiful films I've seen
Ari Aster accuracy captured my exact thoughts on Steven Soderbergh's "Che." One of his best films that got virtually no recognition whatsoever as a grand epic with my favorite performance from Benicio del Toro.
An amazing accomplishment, that film (or double feature)... del Toro was stunning! Have been thinking about upgrading my copy to Blu-Ray for awhile now.
was it honest? Did it tell about his raping and homophobia and racism? Funny that one of the movies was about Naz* youth because my country in Canada's kids are similar to that youth movement. At my daughter's school people get cancelled and shunned if they something politically incorrect. One friend of hers forted with a girl a year and a half ago and he's still shunned. The communist style youth are EXACTLY like the Naz* youth were. Hollywood is out of touch with real life outside of the jetset class. Our prime minister loves identity politics, censorship, big central government, disarmament, collectivism, Islam, and all the other things H*tler liked. The Che people are just another iteration of the Nazis because it';s just authoritarian. Of course jet setter Soderberhg wants communism. Why wouldn't he?
All your catalog is wonderful. Have a guest so inmerge like a diver in your criterioncollection and do just a very good picks. One of the best "playlist" to call a cinema experience.
Hey Criterion, love the idea of this series! Honestly you could make these videos longer and include some fly-on-the-wall commentary from the guests about what they're looking for (anything specific, certain genre/director/era, films they recognized but didnt pick and reasons why, etc).
love it that the guy who makes movies i adore, picked movies i never heard about. means to me that i will be surprised with original ideas and great movies in the future. And since we are relatively „early“ in his career, there might be lot to come 🎉
Oh wow what a well spoken exuberant man, I sure hope his movies are as positive as he is and they don't cause me to go into a spiral everytime I see one! 😊
I'm a huge Malick fan... I might prefer _Tree Of Life_ and _The Thin Red Line_ but I've seen _The New World_ sooooo many times. It has an addictive quality that has kept me coming back and coming back and coming back - especially to experience those last 5 minutes all over again! 😍🥰🤩
Can hardly wait to see Beau Is Afraid tomorrow! Loved your film pics here. Have a few of them myself, and absolutely CURE is one of those underrated gems that does make you think you've finally seen the greatest movie ever.
Incredible! Actually speechless and immovable for a few minutes as the credits hit. Perfectly subversive and uncompromising ending, seems to simultaneously dare you to get up and leave & also not move a muscle. Hoping to go see it a couple more times and do my part to influence box office. I'm fairly apolitical but I do try and vote with my dollars and towards what deserves support. I'm sure there's viewers who lost patience with this one but I am firmly in the audience who only craves more of this and hopefully A24 will continue to let Aster & others grow their budgets. I would've happily stayed for a 4+ hour cut of this movie.
I just watched Hereditary. I had already seen Midsommer and thought it was one of the films I had ever seen. Not just an amazing horror film, but an amazing film overall. This guy is a fucking genius.
I like how he says Haneke was important to him "growing up", because I can totally see this guy watching The Piano Teacher at 6. He probably watched The Seventh Continent instead of Pokemon
A man after my own heart... I watched kiddie stuff, too, but my favorite films at 2 yrs old - no joke - were _Amadeus_ and _Gandhi._ So grateful my folks exposed me to totally inappropriate films at such a young age 🥰 They showed me _Goodfellas, Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X_ and _JFK_ between the ages of 9 and 12.
He's the first one I heard to check the Piano Teacher, a masterful psych thriller that's reminds me of his 2 films. Daisies is a psychedelic trip that's also beautiful. Sasha Guitry did credit montages like that for every film he did. By filming Midsommar w Hungarian set designers, he definitely knew how to get the most of his $$. I think Midsommar showed how tyrannical western monogamy really is, among some really biting social commentary.
i now desperately need to know Ari's thoughts on Charisma. i know the story is less .. extant .. than Cure, but visually it has something captivating that i can't get over. also if he has any thoughts on the empty chairs in Cure
Yes! I was at Udo Kier's Brand Upon the Brain! screening, as well, and agree that it was such a great night. However, I was incredibly disappointed that his narration was not included on Criterion's release. (Still bought it as soon as it was out though.)
Wow, so many personal favorites of mine (Closely Watched Trains, Seventh Continent, Daisies, Mr. Klein, Cure, Kiarostami, Zeman, The New World, Woman in the Dunes, Brand Upon the Brain). I hope he will end up producing that Save The Green Planet remake!
Same (you've got great taste, btw)! One of the few I haven't yet seen is Seventh Continent - and recently I've been watching the Haneke films I'd never seen before. Been hesitating to watch that one cause it just seems it's gonna be _particularly_ heavy... even for Haneke! All those others you named are among my favorites, as well. Hadn't seen _Woman In The Dunes_ in about 15 years and fell in love with it all over again about a month ago 😍🥰
Teshigahara didn’t stop to make films because he became a florist; but, yes, the Ikebana. In 1980, after the death of his father, Teshigahara became the third generation Iemoto of Sogetsu School, using bamboo at his large-scale solo exhibitions at several well known museums. And he also didn’t stop totally his work as a director because of that. He made more documentaries (and movies, too) after his father’s death.
A lot of the films are actually well known. And there's certainly no crime in taking advantage of the resource that is Criterion or educate the public on films they may not have seen. It's not a popularity contest. There's a lot of snark on here that betrays a lack of giving a sincere shit about film.
If I ever get the chance to meet him. I just wanna pick his knowledgeable brain about films all day. Such an incredible person and a forces to be reckoned with filmmaker.
@@hs4974 I’m confused about this as well… a little ironic calling Criterion picks pretentious. If you wanna split hairs about it then you could argue Criterion is “pretentious” in general compared to the mainstream film industry. Idk I think that word is just tossed around flippantly too much. Like what are some non pretentious Criterion films? Armageddon? Lol
So What's Up With the Medusa Effect and the Stadium at the end. (?). Help me out on that. (And I'm Absolutely Not being patronizing or condescending.).
Cure. My god. I wish I could experience that movie for the first time again. Absolutely blew me away when I saw it 20 years ago. Ari's statement about it is legit.
my man talked his way into getting twice the amount of free blu rays. respect.
Fairly sure he could afford to buy the whole collection without blinking.
Lmaooooo
Free always feels better than buying
@@kevinviklen3611 Criterion could absolutely use the money, tho.
@@13strong say that to the safdie bros. They might be the sole reason for those layoffs after that heist they pulled
To think that Ari is actually very early in his career and might have not reach his peak yet is really exciting.
Meh! He peaked with Hereditary!
@@aaronshouting588 He's done 2 movies after Hereditary, and Midsommar was great, how's that a peak? lol He has a lot more to offer and do - definitely an exciting director to watch.
@@film_magician Midsommar was mid at best and Beau is Afraid is just him enjoying the smell of his own farts. Hereditary is the only one that feels like a genuine masterpiece! There’s no denying his talent, that’s for sure’s. And I’ll still be there to see his future projects. I just don’t think he’ll ever top Hereditary!
@@aaronshouting588 kinda ironical saying that with a lynch picture
@@salomelol337 Lynch is the GOAT, and you can’t deny that!
His picks:
"Closely Watched Trains" by Jiri Menzel
Michael Haneke Trilogy
"Daisies" by Vera Chytilova
"Cure" by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
"Mr Klein" by Joseph Losey
The Koker Trilogy by Kiarostami
"La Poison" by Sacha Guitry
"Three Fantastic Journeys" by Karel Zeman
"The New World" by Terrence Malick
"Secret Sunshine" by Lee Chang-dong
"Woman in the Dunes" by Hiroshi Teshigahara
"Che" by Steven Soderbergh
"Mishima" by Paul Schrader
"Bigger than Life" by Nicholas Ray
"Brand Upon the Brain" by Guy Maddin
"Walkabout" by Nicholas Roeg
thank you
Ty
The New World and Walkabout are the only ones I've ever even HEARD of! I guess I need to watch more Criterion films.
Thank you ❤
Thank you!
Love that Ari shouted out Burning! I think Steven Yeun would be great in an Ari Aster film
I just realised that Bobby Krlic scored Beef (and Midsommar and Beau Is Afraid).
Hopefully all three will join in an upcoming project
Yes, I agree.
Definitely one of my favourite films
Burning is the most overrated film of all time
@@StudioFrenzy😂😂this means nothing when you dont back up why it's overrated
I’m so glad Criterion let Ari Aster back for closet picks in celebration of the release of Dungeons & Dragons lol
The cosmic jokes get better every day lol
I was trying to figure out the relation between the two for like the whole video lmao.
imagine if he referred to beau is afraid as dungeons and dragons for the whole video. would've been hysterical
That threw me off so bad for a moment I wondered if he actually directed it
@@suNn.K.O i still dont get it
"This and 'Beau' have in common that they are about a man who really needs to come"
"Amazing ending...makes you sick."
"There's an argument to be made that 'Cure' by Kiyoshi Kurosawa is the greatest film ever made."
Cure is the best movie ever made. Highly recommend.
cum*
These are all banger quotes lmao
"If I made Che and nobody paid attention, I would say 'Fuck You' and stuff."
So true. Che is masterful.
That is NOT how you fucking spell “cum”
love it when a director really articulates why they love a film and what it means to them
First time I've seen Cure get any sort of love in these closet videos. I've finally arrived 🙏🏻
Fantastic film!
Bong joon ho praised 'Cure' in an interview from 2019 and listed it as one of the films that influenced and inspired him very early on in his career, and he also said that it is one of the greatest films ever made.
"There's an argument to be made that Cure is the greatest film ever made" -- This man now has my profound respect.
Funny, I just watched it and I totally agree.
AGREE
i found it incredibly boring
@@goldenboy140 That's a you problem.
Great film
He picked those films that no one actually picked in the history of closet picks.
I think that sums up his style as a director. Always trying to do the things that others haven't.
All of the ones that I've seen are personal favorites of mine (Closely Watched Trains, Seventh Continent, Daisies, Mr. Klein, Cure, Kiarostami, Zeman, The New World, Woman in the Dunes, Brand Upon the Brain, Walkabout). All masterpieces really.
For the sake of being different. Boring ass picks in my opinion.
@@withnail-and-i 🎯🎯🎯💯🙏 That part!
@@Whocares1987 _WHAT?!?_ Then your profile name is quite appropriate! 🤣🤦♂️SMH (sorry, I couldn't resist)
Woman In The Dunes, The New World, Mr Klein, Closely Watched Trains, Daisies, Cure, Ché, Secret Sunshine, Mishima, Bigger Than Life, Brand Upon The Brain, The Koker Trilogy, and all the others... all amazing!
Picks:
Closely Watched Trains
Michael Haneke Trilogy
Daisies
Cure
Mr. Klein
Koker Trilogy
Le Poison
Karel Zeman set
The New World
Secret Sunshine
Woman in the Dunes
Che
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Bigger Than Life
Brand Upon the Brain!
Walkabout
A great video. I wish Guy Maddin got more attention.
Incredibly good taste
I tried Walkabout. Thought it was very overrated. Oops. I thinking of Wake In Fright.
Maddin will only get the respect he deserves when he's dead it seems. He makes incredible films
Dates, please.
@@binkytube I’m sorry. I don’t go out with people I barely know from the internet.
I'm in awe of this man's talent and seemingly unending enthusiasm for film. Such a unique voice that we are lucky to have right now.
While just one title within a (much) larger corpus of work; have you seen Beau Is Afraid yet ,?..
I love how Ari looks like a shy person when his films are some of the most demented experiences of cinema.
His ability to separate thought from self gives him an enormous advantage.
@@napndash
While just one title within a (much) larger corpus of work; have you seen Beau Is Afraid yet ,?..
Does he? For me he comes across as somebody who absolutely full of himself. Not that that is a bad thing in his profession though.
@@Madagon367 A little bit. I miss the days when directors were both smart _and_ masculine.
@@lamentate07who these directors are?
You the man Ari. We’re all waiting for your fourth film. We need this ASAP
Those highly sardonic jokes Ari was cracking in the beginning had me dead lol. LOVED the mentions of Daisies, Cure & Mishima in particular, but Ari's choices are golden 🤌🏼🤌🏼
I got the chance to interview Ari on Tuesday, super nice guy, he LOVES movies!
So jealous
Menzel, Haneke, Chytilova, (Kiyoshi) Kurosawa, Losey, Kiarostami, Guitry, Zeman, Malick, Lee (Chang-dong), Teshigahara, Soderbergh, Schrader, (Nicholas) Ray, Maddin, Roeg...this guy definitely knows his stuff, and can come around mine any time to watch any of the above directors' work, and more of course. I don't have all of these but I have at least a few of their other films, and would recommend them all!
Great picks, I feel like a lot of people come on here and just pick the usual stuff. This is way more my cup of tea.
Can I come
That’s gay
I love how Ari was stressed out trying to pick what he wanted.
Criterion should put golden tickets in a small number of their movies - if you find a golden ticket, you get a trip to the Criterion Closet!
Cinematic Heaven.. . ...
🎭🎥🎞🎬📽🎨
That would be awesome. I’d probably do some very bad things to get 10 minutes in that closet so a Golden Ticket would save me the inevitable shame that would creep in after debasing myself for Criterion’s Closet.
@@domenicgalata1470 Lol! No judgement here, bro!
Amazing idea!
Ari Aster by far has the best taste out of all the directors i've seen. when he said "Burning" is his favorite film of the last decade i literally screamed. it is really timeless masterpiece and an underrated film!
Bros i literally screeched at burning 🔥
What does his opinion have to do with yours?
literally screamed 💀
I'm with him with regards to Burning being one of the best films of the past decade. Superb film.
What is that movie even about? What are the themes? It went completely over my head...
@@ShacoPL its about burning barns
It was okay, not much better than other similar films. Really boring on a second watch too.
Mr Klein has one of Delon's best ever performances, it really is one of the best World War II movies of all time.
LOVE burning! Such a mysterious little gem
Always down to hear Ari talk about cinema. Dude doesn't miss. Even if you don't enjoy his films, they make you think, and that's worth the price of admission by itself. I haven't had the pleasure of seeing Beau is Afraid yet (if you hated it, save your comments, I don't care) but I adore Hereditary and Midsommar.
Personally, by far the most fascinating closet picks I've seen.
He definitely went for some of the lesser spoken of (but just as good) films in the collection... I hope more people are put on to films like _Mr. Klein_ and _Brand Upon The Brain_ thru this video!
90% of the films he selected would probably end up in a list of my top 100 films.
No salo 😁
I can listen to ari aster talk movies all day it’s oddly soothing
Can we please have the bright eyed, exuberant Ari Aster cut released? Sounds awesome and I need him to scream criterion recommendations to me. Thanks
I have to thank Ari for introducing me to the works of Lee Chang-dong. Burning and specially Secret Sunshine were two of the best films I've seen recently. Also, I'm so glad he picked Daisies, one of my favorite films ever.
I love that he mentions the Lee Chang-Dong films "Burning" and "Secret Sunshine." I can vouch: These are great, great films. I love "Burning" to the core -- I keep trying to get other people to watch that one with me. And what he says about Secret Sunshine, and the scene where the woman meets her kid's abductor in prison -- man, that's the exact scene I always want to tell people about. One of the most intense moments I've ever seen. Whatever you think might happen in that moment -- well, what does happen is so simple, and so completely understandable, and yet it pulls the rug out from under her in ways you just couldn't have anticipated. It's brutal. Anyway: Great picks, Ari!
burning sucks
Burning rules and haunts me to this day.
Burning is a perfect film
Saw burning a couple weeks ago. Saw Secret Sunshine tonight. Both are fucking great. SS is a bit more melodramatic and Burning is much more understated. Both feel very eerie
@@howtobleachyourhairs Burning is probably my fave, but I really had no idea what SS was about when I started watching -- and it just continually surprised me. It at first looks like it's going to be a story about a woman coming to terms with the loss of her husband and learning to be a single-mom. Then it looks like it's going to turn into a missing-person thriller. But almost as soon as that possibility surfaces, it is dismissed, as the person is "found" sooner than we expect, and his abductor is arrested and sent to prison. So then it starts to turn into a story about a woman coming to terms with grief -- and in that, it becomes a really perceptive story about how a person who once was essentially athiest might be drawn to religion and might find meaning in that. However, that all builds up to the film's most powerful moment, when her newfound faith is utterly destroyed by a few simple words spoken without malice by her child's murderer. The way those words ring so true to the core of her faith, and yet also prove its undoing, just hit me really powerfully. Ultimately, the film ends up having some really interesting and nuanced views on religious-faith, and perhaps should be read as a criticism of religion overall; it's possible that the faith depicted in the film is essentially false and destructive, regardless of the temporary salve it provides for her. Anyway, overall, SS was a slow but intriguing watch which kept surprising me all the way through, and I liked the complicated viewpoints it expressed.
Now, this is the kind of guide to closet picks that we can really learn from. More like this please. Ari really knows how to pick 'em. I just purchased Mr. Klein and will probably buy a few more.
One of the best Criterion closet pick videos I’ve seen!
Awwww I hosted a Q&A for Che with Benicio when it came out. Nice to hear the shout out!
Whoa! 😳 That must've been amazing... Benicio been one of my favorite actors since _The Usual Suspects!_
_Che_ is such an achievement... I wish it had gotten more accolades but the response was pretty predictable.
Homie was so busy teaching us about cinema, Criterion didn't stop him from stuffing his bag - LEGEND.
I love these in general, and I am obsessed with Ari Aster’s work. Thank you for giving it a second go, I am very curious about the movies that make you tick!
Dungeons and Dragons lol. Shout to AA for his shout out for Che! so good.
A joke that probably went over a lot of heads 😆
secret sunshine is one of the most devastating films i’ve seen but also so beautiful. masterfully done.
That third act is just so tough to get through but damn it does Jeon do a stunning job at her acting.
@@cartercrisco2524 When people talk about great performances I always think of that one, but you rarely hear people talk about it.
This not only shows Aster's intellect and taste in cinema, - which I personally and surprisingly relate to; his comments about the Koker trilogy are exactly how I felt about it - but his sense of humor as well. He has such dark, deadpan humor and you can see that reflected in his films; short or feature length.
God the comments section of this video is the douchebagest ever...
Yeah I know it’s real pretentious isn’t it.
Except I think it's incorrect to consider Haneke's trilogy Bressonian. I guess maybe in regards to lack of coverage and specific inserts but so many other filmmakers could just as easily stand in place. Haneke is deliberately guiding you (not pushing you, thankfully) towards a more uncomfortable tone whereas Bresson doesn't really provide the viewer with any concrete feelings most of the time and lets the audience decide.
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Jaws is not pretenious
Loved this episode. Great filmmaker, and the best is yet to come.
I really love Ari’s sense of humor.
He’s right about Che. A lot of the lack of attention may have to do with how it was distributed in 2 parts as a Spanish language movie about cuban guerrillas running around the jungle getting into shootouts and having small interactions for 4 hours. Easier to see it as a flex for Soderbergh than a mature well researched epic character study about the Cuban revolution and one of the most influential/controversial political figures of the late 20th century. Probably Benicio Del Toro’s greatest performance.
Best picks I have ever seen, by far. I will now watch your film.
Speaking of roadshow-style releases: I saw Che like that in the West Village - both parts with a 20 min intermission. Just took a Sat afternoon off and went. Did the same sort of thing with Carlos a couple of years later! It’s the longest movie I’ve seen in a theatre, about 5 1/2 hours.
I adore this director. He is easily one of the best filmmakers of recent. Great picks great reasons for the picks 👏🏻
What exciting choices. I've added a slew of them to my wish list. So many to see, so much to learn. Thanks, Ari.
So happy he mentioned Lee Chang Dong. Secret Sunshine has one of the best performances i've ever seen, and Burning is literally my favourite film of all time. If you haven't checked out his work, do yourself a favour!
Lee Chang Dong is a very reliable director. Just great quality stuff.
yes lee chang dong is one of the best directors, he captures these immensely human stories which also do not hold back in depicting the harsh and alienating aspects of society in south korea, stories about outcasts or voices not given their due
He looks like a librarian that works in his day off, I bet that’s the reason he’s so talented you can tell all his focus goes on learning and discovering more from Arthouse flicks
Really love his choices. Especially with Cure, Mr. Klein, Secret Sunshine and Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman.
I've seen all of those for the first time quite recently and was blown away - _Mr. Klein_ is such an amazing, fascinating journey that I was very surprised I hadn't heard it celebrated previously.
_Cure_ & _Secret Sunshine_ are, of course, mind-blowers!
Amazing performances and direction in all 3 of those I named...
Secret Sunshine was harrowing. Absolutely a worthy choice.
Think Oasis and Burning are better than Secret Sunshine myself
Nice to see Bigger Than Life getting a shoutout. One of many Nicholas Ray classic films.
Absolutely! A _stunning_ picture... Nick Ray was such a great director. _In a Lonely Place_ will always be a particular favorite. Glad that Criterion honors him.
His comments about Che are so true. Those films are so dynamic and poetic I'm glad he spoke up for them.
Except Soderbergh never retired - he even made more acclaimed films after CHE.
He picked so many of my favorites! Closely Watched Trains, The Seventh Continent, Daisies, Cure, Mr Klein, Zeman, Mishima. Definitely going to check out his other picks now
So jealous of his talent. I just saw his new movie Beu is Afraid. It was so similar to the film I want to make,but his ideas were 1000x better. It was so good. It was like a mix of Terry Gilliam's Brazil and Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.
Reminded me of Brazil too!
Bet u could do better tbh
All great picks. Love to hear how he speaks about The New World. Watched extended cut for the first time last year and its one of the most beautiful films I've seen
Terrence Malick is immensely under appreciated!
@@xXLordoftheRingsXx22 But if you know his work, you probably worship him! 😉😁🥰
@@xXLordoftheRingsXx22 He was a critics' favorite back in the Seventies, with 'Badlands' and 'Days of Heaven'.
"Cure" is pretty great. Watch it alongside Lost Highway and you've got yourself a fun 90's movie night.
Ari Aster accuracy captured my exact thoughts on Steven Soderbergh's "Che." One of his best films that got virtually no recognition whatsoever as a grand epic with my favorite performance from Benicio del Toro.
I agree, but weird he said that Soderbergh retired?
An amazing accomplishment, that film (or double feature)... del Toro was stunning! Have been thinking about upgrading my copy to Blu-Ray for awhile now.
Imagine the American media(& crítics) making recognition to a film about a comunist leader...
was it honest? Did it tell about his raping and homophobia and racism? Funny that one of the movies was about Naz* youth because my country in Canada's kids are similar to that youth movement. At my daughter's school people get cancelled and shunned if they something politically incorrect. One friend of hers forted with a girl a year and a half ago and he's still shunned. The communist style youth are EXACTLY like the Naz* youth were.
Hollywood is out of touch with real life outside of the jetset class.
Our prime minister loves identity politics, censorship, big central government, disarmament, collectivism, Islam, and all the other things H*tler liked. The Che people are just another iteration of the Nazis because it';s just authoritarian. Of course jet setter Soderberhg wants communism. Why wouldn't he?
@@sebastienmean243 same thought. he made some great films after and still does
All your catalog is wonderful. Have a guest so inmerge like a diver in your criterioncollection and do just a very good picks. One of the best "playlist" to call a cinema experience.
Hey Criterion, love the idea of this series! Honestly you could make these videos longer and include some fly-on-the-wall commentary from the guests about what they're looking for (anything specific, certain genre/director/era, films they recognized but didnt pick and reasons why, etc).
I love him for mentioning Soderbergh’s Che and Schrader’s Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters.
🎯💯🙏
Dude is so cool and his track record as a relatively new filmmaker is colossal.
Now we need Robert🥚ers in there!
I thought the same 👍 Would love to see what he'd pick...
Having a dvd copy of CHE is a great pick. It IS an awsome film. Benecio DelToro was great. Cinematography was beautiful. Very underrated
love it that the guy who makes movies i adore, picked movies i never heard about. means to me that i will be surprised with original ideas and great movies in the future. And since we are relatively „early“ in his career, there might be lot to come 🎉
Dungeons & Dragons 😂
Oh wow what a well spoken exuberant man, I sure hope his movies are as positive as he is and they don't cause me to go into a spiral everytime I see one! 😊
Mishima is one of my all time favorite films. This man has class
My favorite score of all time, Philip Glass takes the film to another level
@@feedyourhead434 Same here. As soon as the movie ended, I bought the soundtrack.
I want the ending titles track to play at my funeral.
the amount of love i have for this guy man. I literally gasped seeing this pop up just now. WE LOVE CRITERION AND ARI.
This man does not come off as a horror master but he sure as shit is one. You can definitely sense his pitch black sense of humor.
Ari aster has become my favorite director of all time i hope he goes on to make alot of amazing films and brings back florence and Toni Colette
Cure is one of my favorite movies ever
The New World is a great pick too! Mishima too and Walkabout!
I'm a huge Malick fan... I might prefer _Tree Of Life_ and _The Thin Red Line_ but I've seen _The New World_ sooooo many times. It has an addictive quality that has kept me coming back and coming back and coming back - especially to experience those last 5 minutes all over again! 😍🥰🤩
@@Jimmy1982Playlists Thin Red Line is great too
@@v1deo.hunter.d317 Absolutely! That was my favorite film of all time for many, many years, in my late teens and twenties.
It's nice seeing Cure get more love over the years.
Can hardly wait to see Beau Is Afraid tomorrow! Loved your film pics here. Have a few of them myself, and absolutely CURE is one of those underrated gems that does make you think you've finally seen the greatest movie ever.
What Did You Think of It,?.
Incredible! Actually speechless and immovable for a few minutes as the credits hit. Perfectly subversive and uncompromising ending, seems to simultaneously dare you to get up and leave & also not move a muscle. Hoping to go see it a couple more times and do my part to influence box office. I'm fairly apolitical but I do try and vote with my dollars and towards what deserves support. I'm sure there's viewers who lost patience with this one but I am firmly in the audience who only craves more of this and hopefully A24 will continue to let Aster & others grow their budgets. I would've happily stayed for a 4+ hour cut of this movie.
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So Maybe You Can Explain the Medusa Ending ,?..
I just watched Hereditary. I had already seen Midsommer and thought it was one of the films I had ever seen. Not just an amazing horror film, but an amazing film overall. This guy is a fucking genius.
“One of the films I had ever seen” isn’t that the f*cking Morbius meme?
I like how he says Haneke was important to him "growing up", because I can totally see this guy watching The Piano Teacher at 6. He probably watched The Seventh Continent instead of Pokemon
A man after my own heart... I watched kiddie stuff, too, but my favorite films at 2 yrs old - no joke - were _Amadeus_ and _Gandhi._
So grateful my folks exposed me to totally inappropriate films at such a young age 🥰 They showed me _Goodfellas, Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X_ and _JFK_ between the ages of 9 and 12.
He's the first one I heard to check the Piano Teacher, a masterful psych thriller that's reminds me of his 2 films. Daisies is a psychedelic trip that's also beautiful. Sasha Guitry did credit montages like that for every film he did. By filming Midsommar w Hungarian set designers, he definitely knew how to get the most of his $$. I think Midsommar showed how tyrannical western monogamy really is, among some really biting social commentary.
i now desperately need to know Ari's thoughts on Charisma. i know the story is less .. extant .. than Cure, but visually it has something captivating that i can't get over.
also if he has any thoughts on the empty chairs in Cure
i can spend hours and hours listening all these recomendations
funny how he mentions Cure when I just watched it for the first time last night, absolutely perfect and haunting film
Yes! I was at Udo Kier's Brand Upon the Brain! screening, as well, and agree that it was such a great night. However, I was incredibly disappointed that his narration was not included on Criterion's release. (Still bought it as soon as it was out though.)
The fact that he was immediately distraught is so satisfying as an Ari Aster fan.
Incredible suggestions, I'm already updating my watchlist.
_Enjoy!_
Wow, so many personal favorites of mine (Closely Watched Trains, Seventh Continent, Daisies, Mr. Klein, Cure, Kiarostami, Zeman, The New World, Woman in the Dunes, Brand Upon the Brain). I hope he will end up producing that Save The Green Planet remake!
Same (you've got great taste, btw)! One of the few I haven't yet seen is Seventh Continent - and recently I've been watching the Haneke films I'd never seen before. Been hesitating to watch that one cause it just seems it's gonna be _particularly_ heavy... even for Haneke!
All those others you named are among my favorites, as well. Hadn't seen _Woman In The Dunes_ in about 15 years and fell in love with it all over again about a month ago 😍🥰
So gay bro
Gotta love Ari. Just watched "Cure", what a movie...
Never have I clicked on a video so fast in my life.
Teshigahara didn’t stop to make films because he became a florist; but, yes, the Ikebana. In 1980, after the death of his father, Teshigahara became the third generation Iemoto of Sogetsu School, using bamboo at his large-scale solo exhibitions at several well known museums. And he also didn’t stop totally his work as a director because of that. He made more documentaries (and movies, too) after his father’s death.
Ari Aster: *Names 15 movies almost no one's ever heard of*
Also Ari Aster: "Not enough people talk about Che"
A lot of the films are actually well known. And there's certainly no crime in taking advantage of the resource that is Criterion or educate the public on films they may not have seen. It's not a popularity contest. There's a lot of snark on here that betrays a lack of giving a sincere shit about film.
@@freedom4dollars - searchlights against enemy fire. There are many film lovers around, they just don't read or post stuff in places like this.
If I ever get the chance to meet him. I just wanna pick his knowledgeable brain about films all day. Such an incredible person and a forces to be reckoned with filmmaker.
He seems like such a nice, normal guy to make such mortifying films. Talent!
Much in the same way Junji Ito makes nightmare inducing manga, but is pretty wholesome IRL.
He sounds a little pretentious tbh not an insult just that is the feeling it gave me.
@@hajfuahaufjdj4265 his picks definitely are but I don’t find his movies pretentious. I freakin love hereditary
@@vanessa0111 What about these picks is pretentious? I think he's picking movies he genuinely loves
@@hs4974 I’m confused about this as well… a little ironic calling Criterion picks pretentious. If you wanna split hairs about it then you could argue Criterion is “pretentious” in general compared to the mainstream film industry. Idk I think that word is just tossed around flippantly too much. Like what are some non pretentious Criterion films? Armageddon? Lol
Loved Beau is Afraid. All of Aster's movies should be criterion.
So What's Up With the Medusa Effect and the Stadium at the end. (?).
Help me out on that. (And I'm Absolutely Not being patronizing or condescending.).
after watching Hereditary i never imagined the Ari Aster would have such a great sense of humour
Cure. My god. I wish I could experience that movie for the first time again. Absolutely blew me away when I saw it 20 years ago. Ari's statement about it is legit.
genuinely the coolest criterion closet pick vid i’ve seen so far. I’m gonna watch all of these.
Contemplating those films I have actually seen, I kinda get you now Ari Aster.
Ari seems like a nice guy that you would want to be friends with and he shows you all these cool movies.
I wanna be friends with anyone as passionate about films as I am! 🥰
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Not surprised at all that bro jumped into Michael Haneke right after his first pick
Mr Aster, your three feature films have given me more profound cinema experiences than anything else I’ve seen in the last ten years; thank you.
Three features, all diverse. Love that Ari keeps us guessing and continues to show us his range!
Ari is such a talented director. Hereditary hooked me on his stuff.
Ari Aster wakes up in the morning and pours milk on his Evil Flakes.
My new favorite closet video. Get Haneke in the closet before it’s too late!
so glad he's turning it out for the promo tour of dungeons and dragons
Finally someone giving The 7th continent & Benny's video the recognition they deserve (✿◠‿◠)
Ari Aster speaks in a way and about exactly what I would expect
Glad to see Cure keep getting its deserved recognition. It is maybe the best movie ever made.
Yes!!
Damn it! I accidentally went to Beau Is Afraid the other night thinking that was the ticket, but I guess D&D is where I should've been. Lol
DADDY ASTER FINALLY IN THE CLOSET ❤😊🎉