I argue that he should already know before he gets there, as most of us who Ride the Spine do: through reading ahead and voracious consumption of all things film.
This guy was a great guest. Overlord: "If you don't pick it up and read it, you don't know what you've got there! Who doesn't want to see that now?" Adding it to the Wishlist now.
Closet picks: Babette's Feast Stagecoach Foreign Correspondent Dr. Strangelove Overlord Make Way for Tomorrow (picks up, puts it back though) Sullivan's Travels The Innocents On the Waterfront
Love his wide-eyed enthusiasm and good nature - also, he enunciates the shit of everything, which is helpful. A bit mystified by the "Stagecoach is the Star Wars of its day" remark, though
Action...guns...good guys/bad guys..box office hit....iconic star...great director....and this from Criterion: " enduring masterpiece Stagecoach revolutionized the western, elevating it from B movie to the A-list and establishing the genre as we know it today." In much the same way Star Wars succeeded in doing. Just attempting to draw some similarities.
"Action...guns...good guys/bad guys..box office hit....iconic star...great director..." - all of that could be said about hundreds of movies - in fact, Stagecoach wasn't that big of a box office hit. But the Criterion quote is probably closer to what he meant. Thanks!
Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent" is SO FUN. The famous and often-copied "hiding in a sea of black umbrellas" scene comes from this film. That was Hitch!
Phil Rosenthal IN THE CRITERION CLOSET? Seriously the best combination I could ask for....AND On The Waterfront! Ahhhhh! My delight could be endless in this moment.
I like Phil's question about the filmmakers day......I have to agree that I would go with Kubrick. No director has ever blown my mind (as an adult, Spielberg & Lucas did a great job in my youth) more than Stanley Kubrick. Also, I absolutely love that he asks questions about some of the films! Nobody else does that.
I’ve been a fan of everybody loves Raymond for years, so it’s nice to see one of the main creators behind the scenes in front of the camera. What a happy personality
I like this game. If my favorite filmmakers were all lined up, it’d probably look like: 1. Akira Kurosawa 2. Krzysztof Kieslowski 3. Brad Bird 4. Dennis Villeneuve 5. Taika Waititi 6. Alfred Hitchcock 7. Christopher Nolan 8. Harold Ramis 9. John Hughes 10. Edgar Wright I mean, there’s so many to choose from out there, but I’d end up seeing the Kieslowski movie most likely. At least I could go see the others right afterwards..
LOL, yes. You'd have to have some serious nerve to slip that in your bag as a 'freebie' though, given the cost of it. Same with whoever it was (sorry for forgetting) who stuffed the Bergman box in with their other picks.
Peter Sellers is so good in Dr Stranglove, especially as the ineffectual president talking to the Soviet president over the phone as if they were an old married couple.
Imagine Jerry Lewis in there. No, not over in the corner dead. Imagine Tom Waits there. How about a Big Time Criterion, with director, (Chris Blum) band (Ralph passed) and Waits interviews?
If all my favorite directors released a film on the same day, I think it depends on the film which I would watch first. I like Bergman better than Fellini, but maybe the Fellini one looks more interesting (I like both of them very much, I just prefer Bergman).
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940) After the film wrapped, Hitchcock visited his native England, and returned on July 3, to report that it was expected that the Germans would begin bombing London at any time. Hitchcock had Ben Hecht write a new ending where London is being bombed. In the live radio broadcast to the United States, Joel McCrea urges Americans to fortify their country and "Keep the lights burning," and as they go dark in the studio, "they're the only lights left in the world."
So what was the movie he held up at 58 seconds? Kind of obscures what he was trying to say about some director by not saying the name of the director and flashing the movie too quickly.
If I was having a favorite filmmaker marathon I'd go: True Grit (2010) Notorious (1946) Rashomon Charulata In the Mood for Love Late Spring If I had to pick between one of them opening a new movie it would have to be Ozu. Sorry Ray and Wong. But what an amazing day that would be!
Phil is whithout a doubt, the happiest person entering the Criterion Collection :D
Happiest person in comedy
Love the guys enthusiasm and complete lack of pretension, he is literally just happy to be there, which is always great to see.
Hey man whats the album on your profile picture called?
I have seen it a few times and wanna check it out
@@soylentcompany5235 Chaos Is Me by Orchid
"life is hard enough" very true
Guy Fieri Watching sad films makes it easier.
I hate people mocking this guy. Just because he doesn't have some mysterious dark side to him,which, of course, is the highest form of existence.
Are people that pretentious?
Are people that pretentious?
"I have to say goodbye to my friends and family because I have a lot to do"
This guy is great!
"See if you don't pick it up and read it, you don't know what you got here. Now I have... Who doesn't want to see that now?!"
I argue that he should already know before he gets there, as most of us who Ride the Spine do: through reading ahead and voracious consumption of all things film.
Theomite how does one prepare for wandering around a closet of movies and deciding what they want to take?
LOL
This guy was a great guest.
Overlord: "If you don't pick it up and read it, you don't know what you've got there! Who doesn't want to see that now?"
Adding it to the Wishlist now.
Closet picks:
Babette's Feast
Stagecoach
Foreign Correspondent
Dr. Strangelove
Overlord
Make Way for Tomorrow (picks up, puts it back though)
Sullivan's Travels
The Innocents
On the Waterfront
Didn't see it until you pointed it out. Same goes for a lot of people I suppose. Thanks anyway. :)
Thank you Rahul, I couldn’t make out the first one....going to check out some of his picks😊
Phil's lack of pretentiousness is refreshing. Smart, but a real guy.
Genuine enthusiasm. We need more of it. Phil Rosenthal for the win. Now I need to buy Sullivan's Travels.
Don't forget The Lady Eve: Sturges's best as far as I'm concerned.
0:09 - *BABETTE'S FEAST* _dir. Gabriel Axel_ (1987)
0:17 - *STAGECOACH* _dir. John Ford_ (1939)
0:21 - *FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT* _dir. Alfred Hitchcock_ (1940)
0:35 - *DR. STRANGELOVE, OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB* _dir. Stanley Kubrick_ (1964)
1:01 - *OVERLORD* _dir. Stuart Cooper_ (1975)
1:11 [mention] - *MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW* _dir. Leo McCarey_ (1937)
1:23 - *SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS* _dir. Preston Sturges_ (1941)
2:07 - *THE INNOCENTS* _dir. Jack Clayton_ (1961)
2:12 - *ON THE WATERFRONT* _dir. Elia Kazan_ (1954)
FINALLY, a guest comes in and acknowledges Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
I mean it's not exactly underrated lol
This comment section right here could be the best friend circle I can hope for! Cinema loving people from all over the world coming together.
this is the best episode bar far, everyone else barely talks about what they're picking up and gives their opinions
Ah, ah, ahhhhh...William Friedkin.
I fucking love Phil Rosenthal. I can't wait for the second season of "I'll Have What Phil's Having", one of the greatest TV series ever.
Love his wide-eyed enthusiasm and good nature - also, he enunciates the shit of everything, which is helpful. A bit mystified by the "Stagecoach is the Star Wars of its day" remark, though
Action...guns...good guys/bad guys..box office hit....iconic star...great director....and this from Criterion: " enduring masterpiece Stagecoach revolutionized the western, elevating it from B movie to the A-list and establishing the genre as we know it today." In much the same way Star Wars succeeded in doing. Just attempting to draw some similarities.
"Action...guns...good guys/bad guys..box office hit....iconic star...great director..." - all of that could be said about hundreds of movies - in fact, Stagecoach wasn't that big of a box office hit. But the Criterion quote is probably closer to what he meant. Thanks!
In the Criterion synopsis, the 2nd sentence begins "John Ford's smash hit...."
Can he just move into the closet and we tune in every week? Such enthusiasm!
Yeah also he doesn’t seem completely aware of every film in the closet like all the other guests do so we feel like we’re learning with him
Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent" is SO FUN. The famous and often-copied "hiding in a sea of black umbrellas" scene comes from this film. That was Hitch!
Can we get Jim Jarmusch in here? That would be so dope.
He is busy perfectioning pretentiousness.
I'm actually not sure who this guy is, but I love his enthusiasm!
He was the creator of the TV sitcom series "Everybody Loves Raymond".
@@stmichl9433 Did you ever see the documentary about his trip to Russia to help them create a Russian version of ELR? It's really good.
@@hank1519 yeah I did it's funny
@@stmichl9433 Cool!
Finally somebody who doesn’t pick snobby hauty foreign art house films but true classic Hollywood films!!! Love it
Phil Rosenthal IN THE CRITERION CLOSET? Seriously the best combination I could ask for....AND On The Waterfront! Ahhhhh! My delight could be endless in this moment.
I like Phil's question about the filmmakers day......I have to agree that I would go with Kubrick. No director has ever blown my mind (as an adult, Spielberg & Lucas did a great job in my youth) more than Stanley Kubrick. Also, I absolutely love that he asks questions about some of the films! Nobody else does that.
I’ve been a fan of everybody loves Raymond for years, so it’s nice to see one of the main creators behind the scenes in front of the camera. What a happy personality
I love him man- he exudes so much joy to the point where I can't even look at him- It's like I feel bad for being a total drip
This could well be my favourite Criterion Closet video ever.
officially a Phil Rosenthal fan now
Oh my gosh I love him!
Everybody Loves Raymond is one of my favorite sitcoms of all time. Dr. Strangelove is an amazing comedy.
This guy oozes happiness love Somebody feed phil
He's quite charismatic, love when his ears pop up when he's excited haha.
This guy is great. "I have to say goodbye to my friends and family because I have a lot to do." (holds up bag of films.)
Oh, you got to see Make Way for Tomorrow, Phil! It's amazing.
I love you, Mr. Rosenthal!
The way this video starts, any true cinema lover understand the feeling!
Awww I love Phil #FeedPhil 🥗🫔🌯🌮🍕🫓🥪🥙
Watching closet picks always gets me so hyped to watch movies.
ROFL, what a great personality, the enthusiasm and a great game invented, great!
Can confirm. Make Way For Tomorrow is a thoroughly sad movie.
Anything Phil does is a burst of sunshine
Thanks for listing the chosen films in the 'show more' description. Much appreciated.
Damn he's so sweet! Get this guy to marketing!
I like this game. If my favorite filmmakers were all lined up, it’d probably look like:
1. Akira Kurosawa
2. Krzysztof Kieslowski
3. Brad Bird
4. Dennis Villeneuve
5. Taika Waititi
6. Alfred Hitchcock
7. Christopher Nolan
8. Harold Ramis
9. John Hughes
10. Edgar Wright
I mean, there’s so many to choose from out there, but I’d end up seeing the Kieslowski movie most likely. At least I could go see the others right afterwards..
I thought to myself that he seemed like an Everybody Loves Raymond character and then I find out he wrote it lmao
This guy is hilarious and informative, but would also make an excellent Joker in a batman movie.
Thanks for the On the waterfront aspect ratio anecdote.
Every time I see that Zatoichi box in the background, I keep wanting everybody who visits the closet to get it just because it's an awesome set.
LOL, yes. You'd have to have some serious nerve to slip that in your bag as a 'freebie' though, given the cost of it. Same with whoever it was (sorry for forgetting) who stuffed the Bergman box in with their other picks.
'Life is hard enough' I already love this guy. Seriously, I despise sad movies (that lack humour).
i love this guy's vibe!
Peter Sellers is so good in Dr Stranglove, especially as the ineffectual president talking to the Soviet president over the phone as if they were an old married couple.
Well, this was a delight! So enthusiastic with so much to say!
I love you Phil
Make way for tomorrow is one of my favorites. I bought the Criterion Blu-Ray for each member of my family.
0:53 My brain shut down just by having that question asked. I lost the game - but I want to keep playing it!
Imagine Jerry Lewis in there. No, not over in the corner dead. Imagine Tom Waits there. How about a Big Time Criterion, with director, (Chris Blum) band (Ralph passed) and Waits interviews?
If all my favorite directors released a film on the same day, I think it depends on the film which I would watch first. I like Bergman better than Fellini, but maybe the Fellini one looks more interesting (I like both of them very much, I just prefer Bergman).
He is like the real life version of Raymond, just with more smiles.
I would also see Stanley Kubrick's opening night movie if all the great directors premiered their film on the same day.
I also have The Innocents "classic british understated ghost story"
I guess this means “Raymond” season 7 is coming to Criterion blu-ray.
If Kubrick, Spielberg, Scorsese, Nolan, Fincher, Tarantino and PTA were releasing a movie on the same day... I'd watch the Kubrick.
elitebose Well said good sir
It would be a blessing to watch Space Odyssey in all of its big screen glory as well as Clock work
Putting Nolan in that company is just... Grotesque.
Meh, Nolan is better than Tarantino, Spielberg, and Fincher, and about on par with PTA
I'd watch all of the movies in the same day except for Spielberg and Nolan's films. Those could wait.
This is like the Safdie bros when their older lol. He kinda looks like them too, and with the enthusiasm
If I was on this, I’d be a kid in a candy store. I’d probably bring home like 20
I’d be totally shameless too. Every single anthology collection of movies would come home with me 😂
This guy is great!
When you passed up oMake ay For Tomorrow, you missed out on a masterpiece.
1:12 I’m dead, this guys hilarious
0:53 Sion Sono but damn that's hard
he seems like an excellent dog groomer and housesitter
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940) After the film wrapped, Hitchcock visited his native England, and returned on July 3, to report that it was expected that the Germans would begin bombing London at any time. Hitchcock had Ben Hecht write a new ending where London is being bombed. In the live radio broadcast to the United States, Joel McCrea urges Americans to fortify their country and "Keep the lights burning," and as they go dark in the studio, "they're the only lights left in the world."
lovely but could they please read the title of the dvd and subtitles would be great too specially with American accent thanks :)
Ok imma watch Sullivan's Travels
There is a definite familial/genetic similarity twixt this Rosenthal and Jim Rosenthal, the English sports commentator.
love the energy
3:00 feel that
I love this guy!
It's too bad he didn't pick up "Make Way for Tomorrow" because it is probably the dramatic version of "Everybody Loves Raymond" if you think about it.
I'm glad he took a quick look at it coz it spurred me to actually finally watch it, myself
Hah, I don't know if that's true. I did hear that it helped inspire Ozu's Tokyo Story though. They're both masterpieces.
Funnily enough, I've received Overlord today.
Can you invite me to this room? I teach a community film sudies class (Guildford UK) and we relly need dvd. I would narrate this room with elegance!
could they please mention the film? We can't see the name always.
This is the real life Raymond.
Seems like the type of guy you just listen to and don't say much...
So what was the movie he held up at 58 seconds? Kind of obscures what he was trying to say about some director by not saying the name of the director and flashing the movie too quickly.
It's Dr. Strangelove, so Stanley Kubrick is his 'go to first' director.
@@ShanghaiRooster Thanks. He chose wisely
It’s a big mistake he put Make Way for Tomorrow back😢
first hitchcock i've seen selected
What's the qualifications to enter Criterion closet???
I hate when they day "This " and hold up the box without saying the title. I can't see what "This" is. Or "He" etc
great stuff
Pls stop waving a dvd in front of the camera w/o telling us what it is. We can’t see them on a mobile!
Theres a list of all the movies he picked up in the video description
Why do they keep having these nobodies on?
Whats that movie about the meal , i cAnt see
Babette's Feast
He looks and sounds like Christopher Eccleston from The Leftovers. Freaks me out.
1:15 give it a try
I’d go see Christopher Nolan’s film first
How does one get into this room?!
The girl who said "The saddest movie you'll ever see" sounded cute.
Just don’t reveal your secret identity till the time is right
dude didn`t know "Make Way For Tomorrow"!
how does one qualify for this privilege?
Danny Lackner Read the description.
Sadder than Umberto D?
Sorry i'm sure he's a nice guy and all but... NOT everybody loves raymond
If I was having a favorite filmmaker marathon I'd go:
True Grit (2010)
Notorious (1946)
Rashomon
Charulata
In the Mood for Love
Late Spring
If I had to pick between one of them opening a new movie it would have to be Ozu. Sorry Ray and Wong. But what an amazing day that would be!