Closet Picks

7 Dec 2023

Wim Wenders’ Closet Picks

The legendary auteur returns to the Criterion Closet, where he selects new editions of favorite films like Down by Law and Wanda, talks about Kurosawa’s genius for recreating weather on-screen, and shouts out his former assistant director Claire Denis.

Choices
11
Single films
9
Box sets
2
Chose Director Year
1 A Story of Floating Weeds / Floating Weeds: Two Films by Yasujiro Ozubox set, 2 films
2 Down by Law Jim Jarmusch 1986
3 The 400 Blows François Truffaut 1959
4 The Cameraman Edward Sedgwick 1928
5 The Complete Jacques Tatibox set, 6 films
6 Kagemusha Akira Kurosawa 1980
7 Wanda Barbara Loden 1970
8 Beau travail Claire Denis 1999
9 Until the End of the World Wim Wenders 1991
10 Au hasard Balthazar Robert Bresson 1966
11 Mouchette Robert Bresson 1967

Watch the video · On criterion.com