Closet Picks

Guest

Ben Wheatley

One visit, reaching 36 films in the collection.

7 Jan 2017

A voracious cinephile, the British director shared his thoughts on some of his favorite titles in the collection, noting his love for the camera movements in Grey Gardens and the terror he felt watching Things to Come as a child.

Chose Director Year
1 The Horse’s Mouth Ronald Neame 1958
2 Grey Gardens David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer 1975
3 Two-Lane Blacktop Monte Hellman 1971
4 Things to Come William Cameron Menzies 1936
5 Fishing with John John Lurie 1992
6 Seven Samurai Akira Kurosawa 1954
7 Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsmanbox set, 25 films
8 Seconds John Frankenheimer 1966
9 Sweet Smell of Success Alexander Mackendrick 1957
10 Crumb Terry Zwigoff 1995
11 Rumble Fish Francis Ford Coppola 1983
12 Watership Down Martin Rosen 1978

Least-picked choice here: Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman , taken by nobody else.

Watch the video · On criterion.com · This visit

Closest taste

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

GuestSharedJaccardIn common
Owen Kline 2 0.105 Crumb, The Horse’s Mouth
Seth Meyers 2 0.105 Grey Gardens, Watership Down
Chelsea Peretti 2 0.095 Crumb, Grey Gardens
Noah Wyle 2 0.071 Crumb, Seconds