For anybody interested the films that he picked or mentioned were: La Règle du Jeu by Jean Renoir, Vivre sa vie by Jean-Luc Godard, Le petit soldat also by JL Godard, Pleasures of the Flesh by Nagisa Oshima.
Paris, Texas is and always will be my favourite film of all time. Something about it just connects with me on a spiritual level and Dean Stockwell seems like the best brother one could ever have
I love that film so much. I have to let a couple years go by between each time I watch it because it hits me so hard emotionally. I'm always destroyed by the end.
Criterion also released the long version of Until the End of the World 🌎 Never released in theaters because it is almost 5 hours long, but worth it. Another masterpiece.
One of the greatest films in New German Cinema. I also just saw 'The Salt of the Earth' directed by Wim Wenders and Sebastiao Salgado's son. Incredible documentary.
"Must I fight someone to the death first? After picking the DVD am I to pry out a man's eyes with it? What will entering the closet cost me? What will it cost humanity? What will it cost God?"
Rules of the Game (Renoir) Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Pasolini) Vivre Sa Vie (Godard) (this and "Le Petit Soldat" his favorite Godard) Oshima's Outlaw Sixties
buffery333 He also took Ozu's The Only Son and There Was a Father. He did not say anything about them (or it was left out), but Wenders' feelings about Ozu are available elsewhere.
Holy shit... I've posted on your facebook and twitter so many times in the past number of years begging for you guy to do the super long cut of Until The End Of The World and was about to mention it again, but I happened to look at your website and you guys released a 287 minute directors cut of this this past December (2019)??? I am so unbelievably jazzed by this! Going to order that next week when I get paid!!
Salo is in everyone's list (or almost). When I was young I was a big Pasolini fan but never muster the courage to watch Salo. Aparently it has a lot of prestige.
All of the late great filmmaker Bob (Benjamin) Clarks' movies should be in the Criterion Collection? Deathdream, Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, Black Christmas, Porky's, A Christmas Story......... Sad that no one agree's with me. RIP Bob Clark
The film is called "Who Killed Pixote?" - right? I'll add it to my queue. If it wasn't for The Criterion Collection I wouldn't have seen the masterpieces of Kurosawa, Bergman, Fellini, Godard, Wenders, Truffaut - you name it. They provide so much access to the best films from around the world - and the great ones that are overlooked ("Repulsion", "The Life Aquatic of Steve Zissou" - anything Wes Anderson) without them and Netflix - I wouldn't know what to do.
Criterion, I love you guys, I really do - everything you do for film fans is amazing - and this upload is awesome...but please get better microphone when you do these videos, or tell your guests in advance to speak up. Or put up subtitles.
Netflix does sometimes piss me off - I haven't been able to watch anything by Koreyoshi Kurahara - a Japanese New Wave filmmaker, who's movies sound great. Anyway, Criterion needs to add "Cache'", "Persona" and "La Dolce Vita" to their collection.
"Breathless" was a great film - I didn't know what to think of it when I first saw it two years ago - in retrospect I think it's one of the most important, influential and significant films ever made. "Band of Outsiders" is also a great Godard film. One of the movies that made me interested in films was "25th Hour" directed by Spike Lee.
Another was "2001: A Space Odyssey" at that point in my life - I began to understand that there was an artist behind the camera - Stanley Kubrick was kind of the first who projected that vision for me. On Spike Lee, it's too bad he doesn't make more films like "25th Hour"; I think it's the best film of the last decade, and one of the greatest ever made.
He surly said something about each one he picked up even if it was only a few words it would have been nice to hear his opinions on all the films he looked at, thats why we are here right?
Did you guys let David Lynch do the audio editing? hahaha
I laughed way too hard at that
Cockroach
Freaking fuck
Fucking duck
@@faisall6364 what?
Dat Eraserhead audio tho
lol
That tho tho
An ambitious include.
You'd think Criterion could invest in a decent microphone.
Or a camera that has better quality than 480p
M.W.N. this is from 2012 dummy
So up until 2012 there were no good cameras or microphones, eh?
Roy Batty N6MAA10816 wow that is very old.
$300 for a rode mic would be fine
For anybody interested the films that he picked or mentioned were: La Règle du Jeu by Jean Renoir, Vivre sa vie by Jean-Luc Godard, Le petit soldat also by JL Godard, Pleasures of the Flesh by Nagisa Oshima.
You forgot Salo
How is pleasures of the flesh?
Only film mentioned I haven’t seen..
It's OK. Second tier Oshima. It's like the third best movie on that Eclipse set @@liltick102
Paris, Texas is and always will be my favourite film of all time. Something about it just connects with me on a spiritual level and Dean Stockwell seems like the best brother one could ever have
same, can't really explain why, but it just sowed a deep seed in my brain.
I love that film so much. I have to let a couple years go by between each time I watch it because it hits me so hard emotionally. I'm always destroyed by the end.
Never have I seen anyone so nonchalantly pick up Salo.
nonchalantly? He practically acted as though it was Christmas when he saw it lol
Gaspar Noe lol
@@msesteki1
I love how he just stood in silence, looking at it for, like, ten seconds.
So how gross is Salo compared to, say, Antichrist or Titane?
@@connorveach5986 depends on how sensitive you are to poo, i guess
just finished Paris, Texas. wow, what a masterpiece! can't wait to see more of his work!
I recommend that you watch "The American Friend" (with Dennis Hopper) and "The Wings of Desire", his masterpiece in my opinion
Watch the Road Trilogy too. Alice in the Cities especially (it is my favourite Wenders film)
what about his recent documentary Pina....i think it's a masterpiece
Criterion also released the long version of Until the End of the World 🌎
Never released in theaters because it is almost 5 hours long, but worth it. Another masterpiece.
It's all every bit of it downhill from there
His voice is so soothing and gentle.
Demi big long-lasting and (selena ouintanilla) black
unfortunately one doesn't understand him. Instead of "rules of the game", I understood "Rudolph the Gambler"
just like you
Just watched Paris, Texas and it was better than advertised.
One of the greatest films in New German Cinema. I also just saw 'The Salt of the Earth' directed by Wim Wenders and Sebastiao Salgado's son. Incredible documentary.
Nathaniel Matychuk i
Masterpiece
I found Paris, texas incredibly boring, am I an idiot?
@@francescobruno418 Yep
I'm loving the ambient noise. As if the microphone was sitting in the air vent.
Reminds me of the decade I spent listening to audio cassettes on headphones...
😂
Love how he just grabs Salo like "Yeah! That's a good one." Lol
My favourite Criterion shelf clip. Wim Wenders is the most under appreciated director living today.
TRUE TRUE TRUE!!!!
Wings of Desire is my favorite film!
Mine too!!!
Happynsnappy it’s a pure Masterpiece
Yes! It is at the top of my game also. That actress is so attractive plus Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Music...Bruno Ganz..marvellous
There was a time when it was one of my favorite movies, but I don't know if I'd understand it now.
Can't wait for the Criterion Collection version of this interview with 4k and restored audio.
I’ve only seen Paris, Texas and Wings of Desire, both of which are absolutely life changing films.
Try Wild Strawberry’s
Try Until the End of the World, also by Wim Wenders
Alice in the cities is my beloved.
let Herzog have his DVD picks
Herzog would probably just say "How dare you offer me a material object! I have no need for that!"
+Kris Pistole I read that in his voice lol
"Must I fight someone to the death first? After picking the DVD am I to pry out a man's eyes with it? What will entering the closet cost me? What will it cost humanity? What will it cost God?"
but let him make a full documentary about it, and then have Criterion release it
Three completely epic comments ITT, pms laughing
The restroom encounter could be a 10-minute play right there.
💯
“Kings of the Road” maybe the best road film!! 👌👏👏
Did Wim Wenders just pick Salo? I love both him and Pasolini, but I would never have paired Wenders with a film like Salo. Awesome.
JimmyCarlinSk8 That's what is so cool about it: a man like Wim picking a film like Salo.
That story about Ôshima almost made me cry...
I was lucky to meet the man in person and get an autograph.
I could listen to this man talk all day.
Me too... If I could hear it.
Thank God for Criterion. So many films would have been forgotten without their work.
Salo, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh...... I need that one.
Yikes!
...
Win wenders is one of the greatest. I cry like a little girl when I watch Wings of Desire. Love him!
Rules of the Game (Renoir)
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Pasolini)
Vivre Sa Vie (Godard) (this and "Le Petit Soldat" his favorite Godard)
Oshima's Outlaw Sixties
buffery333 He also took Ozu's The Only Son and There Was a Father. He did not say anything about them (or it was left out), but Wenders' feelings about Ozu are available elsewhere.
Also Tokyo Drifter.
Salo ewww
Thy hath a place in Heaven
chanyeol's one red eye : Salo is a brilliant, poetic masterpiece.
Of course he picked Vivre Sa Vie... what european director from his generation wouldn't? and he's right, that IS one of the greatest films ever made
Truly
It most certainly is.
True
'but then again, film buffs are shameless'.
Legendary comment to finish!
What a pleasant man, such a soothing voice! This guy is awesome.
Holy shit... I've posted on your facebook and twitter so many times in the past number of years begging for you guy to do the super long cut of Until The End Of The World and was about to mention it again, but I happened to look at your website and you guys released a 287 minute directors cut of this this past December (2019)??? I am so unbelievably jazzed by this! Going to order that next week when I get paid!!
That is the most beautiful room in the world.
one of my favorite people. knows his movies very, very well.
Anyone else notice he took Tokyo Drifter? I love that film
Same! I love Suzuki's films. Just bought Branded to Kill.
Me, too. Been a fan of Suzuki's for years. Just bought Branded to Kill.
My favorite director😭
the audio in this video makes it sounds like the Criterion closet is located aboard an airplane
Bro the master 🙏🏻🙏🏻 I have so much respect for this genius
But...but why did he just nudge Le Cercle Rouge back into place?
I would have jacked that shit.
At least he did it with a Renoir...
need to get tim heidecker and eric wareheim in there. Although they might just destroy everything
And the director of bum fights
I absolutely love this channel and these pick videos; but could you possibly raise the volume?
Kings of the Road, Alice in the Cities, and The State of Things are in profound need of the Criterion treatment.
Alice in the Cities has a criterion print.
well the former two are in the collection now :D
The director’s cut of Until the End of the World is one of the most epic films ever made.
Yes! It could’ve kept going... Five hours was not long enough!
I saw the directors cut of that in the theater.
@@hankworden3850 no way
@@user-oi6gr8xw9h heck yeah. they had one intermission.
Gotta love how excited he sounds when he picks Salò
Well, it was forbidden here in Germany until a year ago.
Salo is in everyone's list (or almost). When I was young I was a big Pasolini fan but never muster the courage to watch Salo. Aparently it has a lot of prestige.
It's a film worth seeing, both because of the film itself and knowing how far a director can go and knowing your line in the sand.
Awesome sound.
Any chance of Criterion releasing some of his earlier films like The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick?
Criterion, please release a version of "Until the End of the World."
Great content. Get a mic on this stuff, the sound is unnecessarily low quality.
All of the late great filmmaker Bob (Benjamin) Clarks' movies should be in the Criterion Collection? Deathdream, Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, Black Christmas, Porky's, A Christmas Story......... Sad that no one agree's with me. RIP Bob Clark
This Man is a master of masters
Can I please be left alone in there for an hour!? Love this room!!!!!! And I love that Wim picked Salo!!!!!!!!!
Him and his references are very sophisticated
I have that exact criterion copy of Vivre sa vie on Blu ray. I'm going to watch it again soon
Suggestion: List the dvd's the celebrities take in the "info" section here!
i hope they let me in here one day... but for their sake i hope they don't cause they'd have no stock left!
The film is called "Who Killed Pixote?" - right? I'll add it to my queue. If it wasn't for The Criterion Collection I wouldn't have seen the masterpieces of Kurosawa, Bergman, Fellini, Godard, Wenders, Truffaut - you name it. They provide so much access to the best films from around the world - and the great ones that are overlooked ("Repulsion", "The Life Aquatic of Steve Zissou" - anything Wes Anderson) without them and Netflix - I wouldn't know what to do.
Best one yet.
this guy is goat
Criterion, I love you guys, I really do - everything you do for film fans is amazing - and this upload is awesome...but please get better microphone when you do these videos, or tell your guests in advance to speak up. Or put up subtitles.
Please release Bis ans ende der welt!!!
For a second you can almost hear what he's saying.
He should have shamelessly taken a copy of his very excellent The American Friend.
I don't think it was out at the time of filming
The Rules of the Game
Salò
Vivre sa Vie
Eclipse Series 21: Oshima's Outlaw Sixties
ahhh....wings of desire...(very good film).
Niiiiiiice picks
It is relaxing.
Peak ASMR
"Hey Wim! I'm going to Paris"
"Hey Nagisa! I'm going to Tokyo"
@Bluetrain100, I've never heard anyone call Salo "naughty". That movie is brutal to watch. And amazing.
a god upon this earth, good old Wim.
“Film buffs are shameless.” True that.
@Psergiorivera - I cried when I saw "Paris, Texas" for the first time a couple of months ago.
Netflix does sometimes piss me off - I haven't been able to watch anything by Koreyoshi Kurahara - a Japanese New Wave filmmaker, who's movies sound great. Anyway, Criterion needs to add "Cache'", "Persona" and "La Dolce Vita" to their collection.
Who's here after his second visit?
The audio makes this closet video seem very suspenseful
Was the Criterion room travelling at high speed before reaching the next station?
He's so tall and yet has such a beautifully soft voice. Needs a mic.
Would have liked to see what he took. Can you post here what films he took?
"Breathless" was a great film - I didn't know what to think of it when I first saw it two years ago - in retrospect I think it's one of the most important, influential and significant films ever made. "Band of Outsiders" is also a great Godard film. One of the movies that made me interested in films was "25th Hour" directed by Spike Lee.
Jean-Luc Godard! Finally! :D
Can we get Criterion to restore the audio on this neglected film clip?
Was Wenders on a train filming this?
or in a hospital? or in a library? or in a church?
gianca60 A spaceship actually
...three miles underground
Brilliant
Yeah, you could make a movie in that room.
Didn't know they had libraries in airplanes now
Ohhh Man!!, i envy you so much.
Nice audio Criterion
Eres hermoso
Wow the sound, It's really hard for me to understand
what's wrong with sound?
I'll be like a kid in a candy store in that closet.
Fun fact: at Criterion, can wear pyjamas or cultist robes on ominous Monday’s 😌
god what i'd give to just go into that room once and be able to take whatever movies i wanted..
it would be great to have subtitles for these (Icouldn't barely understand a single word Zizek said)
learn english
Roy Batty N6MAA10816 The film reference that is profile picture is fantastic
I’m jealous, Wim.
Another was "2001: A Space Odyssey" at that point in my life - I began to understand that there was an artist behind the camera - Stanley Kubrick was kind of the first who projected that vision for me. On Spike Lee, it's too bad he doesn't make more films like "25th Hour"; I think it's the best film of the last decade, and one of the greatest ever made.
He surly said something about each one he picked up even if it was only a few words it would have been nice to hear his opinions on all the films he looked at, thats why we are here right?
ALICE IN THE CITIES.
IM LAUF DER ZEIT/KINGS OF THE ROAD
3:31 so true
Was this filmed on a plane
david fincher should've definitely been in this closet a long time ago..
You'd think Criterion would list the movies in the comment section
why edit most of his picks? these videos are like my favorite thing ever!! come on criterion.