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musician and filmmaker

David Byrne

One visit, reaching 11 films in the collection.

16 Jun 2025

The legendary musician, filmmaker, and visual artist talks about The Color of Pomegranates and how it challenges the idea of what a film can be, shouts out Neil Young’s Dead Man score, and shares his affection for the sentimentality in A Matter of Life and Death.

Chose Director Year
1 The Complete Jacques Tatibox set, 6 films
2 The Color of Pomegranates Sergei Parajanov 1969
3 Dead Man Jim Jarmusch 1995
4 A Matter of Life and Death Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 1946
5 The 39 Steps Alfred Hitchcock 1935
6 True Stories David Byrne 1986

Least-picked choice here: The 39 Steps , taken by 2 other visits.

Watch the video · On criterion.com · This visit

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

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Five Comics 2 0.087 The Complete Jacques Tati, True Stories