Closet Picks

4 Nov 2024

Ken Burns’s Closet Picks

The director and producer reminisces about the emotional impact of his early moviegoing experiences, shares his passion for the films of Federico Fellini, and talks about the profound thrill of watching Steve McQueen’s Hunger and Wim Wenders’ Pina for the first time.

Choices
7
Single films
6
Box sets
1
Chose Director Year
1 Odd Man Out Carol Reed 1947
2 Seven Samurai Akira Kurosawa 1954
3 To Be or Not to Be Ernst Lubitsch 1942
4 Rebecca Alfred Hitchcock 1940
5 Hunger Steve McQueen 2008
6 Essential Fellinibox set, 14 films
7 Pina Wim Wenders 2011

Watch the video · On criterion.com