Closet Picks

writer and director

Robert Eggers

One visit, reaching 17 films in the collection.

17 Dec 2024

The writer and director of Nosferatu shares his fascination with Sergei Parajanov’s ornate tableaus, praises costume designer Piero Tosi’s work on Medea and Death in Venice, and talks about how Jack Clayton’s The Innocents ignites his imagination.

Chose Director Year
1 The Color of Pomegranates Sergei Parajanov 1969
2 Pasolini 101box set, 9 films
3 Death in Venice Luchino Visconti 1971
4 An Actor’s Revenge Kon Ichikawa 1963
5 Demon Pond Masahiro Shinoda 1979
6 Freaks / The Unknown / The Mystic: Tod Browning’s Sideshow Shockersbox set, 3 films
7 The Innocents Jack Clayton 1961

Least-picked choice here: Demon Pond , taken by nobody else.

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Closest taste

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

GuestSharedJaccardIn common
Derek Cianfrance 2 0.182 Freaks / The Unknown / The Mystic: Tod Browning’s Sideshow Shockers, Pasolini 101
Brady Corbet 2 0.125 Death in Venice, Pasolini 101