Closet Picks

director

Asif Kapadia

One visit, reaching 16 films in the collection.

6 Dec 2014

The Oscar-winning director of Amy talks about how Do the Right Thing became a major influence on his work, the overwhelming tension of an infamous scene in Code Unknown, and his love of Ken Loach’s early work.

Chose Director Year
1 Simon of the Desert Luis Buñuel 1965
2 Blind Chance Krzysztof Kieślowski 1981
3 In the Mood for Love Wong Kar Wai 2000
4 Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom Pier Paolo Pasolini 1976
5 Don’t Look Now Nicolas Roeg 1973
6 The Vanishing George Sluizer 1988
7 Do the Right Thing Spike Lee 1989
8 Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion Elio Petri 1970
9 Code Unknown Michael Haneke 2000
10 Three Outlaw Samurai Hideo Gosha 1964
11 Yi Yi Edward Yang 2000
12 The Samurai Trilogybox set, 3 films
13 Kes Ken Loach 1970
14 Gomorrah Matteo Garrone 2008

Least-picked choice here: Simon of the Desert , taken by nobody else.

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Closest taste

Guests who chose the most of the same things. Anyone filmed alongside Asif Kapadia is left out, since they picked from one list.

GuestSharedJaccardIn common
Anisia Uzeyman 2 0.105 Do the Right Thing, In the Mood for Love
Saul Williams 2 0.105 Do the Right Thing, In the Mood for Love
Jeremy O. Harris 2 0.087 Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom, Yi Yi
Sean Baker 2 0.083 Kes, Yi Yi
Bill Hader 2 0.061 Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom, Yi Yi