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 |