Closet Picks

23 Apr 2023

Carl Franklin’s Closet Picks

The director of One False Move and Devil in a Blue Dress talks about his love of Yasujiro Ozu, the exploration of crime in Pixote , the inspiration he took from Children of Paradise , and one of the greatest jazz films of all time.

Choices
12
Single films
10
Box sets
2
Chose Director Year
1 The Killersbox set, 2 films
2 My Life as a Dog Lasse Hallström 1985
3 Children of Paradise Marcel Carné 1945
4 Tokyo Story Yasujiro Ozu 1953
5 Late Spring Yasujiro Ozu 1949
6 Federico Fellini 1963
7 To Sleep with Anger Charles Burnett 1990
8 Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 3box set, 6 films
9 Death in Venice Luchino Visconti 1971
10 The Damned Luchino Visconti 1969
11 ’Round Midnight Bertrand Tavernier 1986
12 Chimes at Midnight Orson Welles 1966

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