writer and director
Todd Haynes
One visit, reaching 18 films in the collection.
20 Oct 2023
The writer and director of Safe, Carol, and May December describes the influence that Brief Encounter and Beau travail have had on his work, praises classic Douglas Sirk movies as “the most perfect films ever made,” and gives a shout-out to the late Terence Davies and his friend Kelly Reichardt.
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brief Encounter | David Lean | 1945 |
| 2 | My Own Private Idaho | Gus Van Sant | 1991 |
| 3 | All That Heaven Allows | Douglas Sirk | 1955 |
| 4 | Written on the Wind | Douglas Sirk | 1956 |
| 5 | The BRD Trilogybox set, 3 films | ||
| 6 | Masculin féminin | Jean-Luc Godard | 1966 |
| 7 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | John Schlesinger | 1971 |
| 8 | The Night of the Hunter | Charles Laughton | 1955 |
| 9 | The Long Day Closes | Terence Davies | 1992 |
| 10 | Beau travail | Claire Denis | 1999 |
| 11 | All About Eve | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 1950 |
| 12 | Now, Voyager | Irving Rapper | 1942 |
| 13 | Old Joy | Kelly Reichardt | 2006 |
| 14 | The Servant | Joseph Losey | 1963 |
| 15 | Beyond the Valley of the Dolls | Russ Meyer | 1970 |
| 16 | In a Lonely Place | Nicholas Ray | 1950 |
Least-picked choice here: The Long Day Closes , taken by nobody else.
Closest taste
Guests who chose the most of the same things. Anyone filmed alongside Todd Haynes is left out, since they picked from one list.
| Guest | Shared | Jaccard | In common |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Kudrow | 2 | 0.105 | All About Eve, Now, Voyager |
| Margaret Qualley | 2 | 0.100 | All About Eve, Beau travail |
| Elegance Bratton | 2 | 0.080 | All That Heaven Allows, Written on the Wind |
| Carol Kane | 2 | 0.077 | All About Eve, My Own Private Idaho |
| Maggie Gyllenhaal | 2 | 0.077 | Beau travail, The BRD Trilogy |