Closet Picks

3 Oct 2023

Paul B. Preciado’s Closet Picks

The writer, philosopher, and director of Orlando, My Political Biography praises Spanish cinema masters Pedro Almodóvar and Carlos Saura, talks about the “visual therapy” of Jacques Tati and his love for the poetry of Chris Marker.

Choices
7
Single films
4
Box sets
3
Chose Director Year
1 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Pedro Almodóvar 1988
2 Cría cuervos . . . Carlos Saura 1976
3 Pasolini 101box set, 9 films
4 Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom Pier Paolo Pasolini 1976
5 The Complete Jacques Tatibox set, 6 films
6 La Jetée/Sans Soleilbox set, 2 films
7 Red Desert Michelangelo Antonioni 1964

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