Closet Picks

13 Jul 2023

Christian Petzold’s Closet Picks

During a trip to what he calls our “city of movies,” the director of Afire talked about the jazzy qualities of Steven Soderbergh’s films, the inspiration he has taken from Preston Sturges, and an overpoweringly erotic moment in Stromboli.

Choices
7
Single films
5
Box sets
2
Chose Director Year
1 Wanda Barbara Loden 1970
2 The Lady Eve Preston Sturges 1941
3 Traffic Steven Soderbergh 2000
4 People on Sunday Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer 1930
5 Six Moral Talesbox set, 6 films
6 3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergmanbox set, 3 films
7 A Matter of Life and Death Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 1946

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