Alexander Payne’s Closet Picks 

UlrichUlrich PT Anderson and his wife, Maya Rudolph

Invite PT Anderson, Wes Anderson, and Paul W.S. Anderson (wearing a paper bag) so that we'll all get confused.

@@TheBasaltHorogium Don't forget Roy Andersson.

All the Anderson’s!

PTA gives off the vibe that he is too pretentious to do one of these. Think about how pretentious that is lmao

Really now....

Will Thompson Sideways was a great movie.

that's very funny - 'oh, le pleasure...' lol

Because he offers decent pronunciation for the foreign titles chosen? If he has some fluency in the language should he fake poor pronunciation to please American populists?

Sideways is my favourite film

the italian ones were actually surprisingly quite on point!

pronunciation on point!

Sideways and Election were very good. The Descendants was sentimental and contrived.

Sideways and the Descendants were great, i wouldn't give Election a Criterion release

I love Election, Sideways and About Schmidt. Nebraska was depressing but very very good

He likes Hal Ashby stuff. And it shows. Did a short interview on The Last Detail blu ray.

I had never heard of 3 Women before this video, picked it up immediately from Barnes and Noble, was not disappointed! Thanks Alexander!

TheBlueRayCritic Absolutely agree, and in my view, the same would apply to "About Schmidt", and "Nebraska"

Salo is crap, pun intended.

Clay3613 I find it pretty fascinating.I actually had a boner during some parts of the movie.

You got a friend in me.

same here. i bought the dvd a few years ago and man, it fucked me up. given the times we're in. i think it's appropriate to watch it again.

I think Salo is great. It's fucked up but that's why it has this lasting impact on you.

His best, by far.

Love Sideways and his other films

Sideways is in my all-time Top 5

Memorandom Night Of The Living Dead is on its way, excited for that one. I'm hoping for Broadcast News, Days Of Heaven & Blow Up to come soon because we don't have any of those available in the UK on BluRay & I love them.

I think we need to just abolish region codes, Europe gets a lot of Region B locked releases (not necessarily Criterion but releases in general) that I would love to own but I don't feel like shelling out $250 for a region free player.

Carl Rees Barry Lyndon and Following too please as well as the rest of Wes Anderson

Jake MacDonagh I got Barry Lyndon in my Kubrick Collection boxset but I'd still buy a Criterion version mainly for the extra features.

Carl Rees Yeah but I really don’t like boxsets plus I already own most of Kubrick’s movies and don’t wanna buy them again

Third

I see what you did there

😂😂

Glad I wasn't the only one who thought it.

Officially the best youtube comment Ive ever read

Theomite he’s not saying the film is bad it’s just in context of what’s in the film...

Arrow's release of BMtHoAG is already phenomenal as is, but it has the Sam Peckinpah doc that's already on Straw Dogs. HOWEVER, it has the 10-HOUR version of that same documentary on a separate disc, so that's pretty neat

Yours is better, Tommy Wiseau.

Oh hai Tommy!

Tommy Wiseau Agreed

I'd like to know what Payne thought of it. I would assume he had a favorable review, as it's such a gem. Imho.

So Jin Choi is he a pretty nice guy?

Eoghan900 I think you mean David O Russell is a poor man's Alexander Payne Hahaha

Same thing isn't it?

Touché.

Eoghan900 I think that was a very intentional jab at Russell, whose movies have gotten progressively worse and populist over time.

You got me :p

And use Trump as an excuse to throw it in his bag. Oy vey.

L'Eclisse is better

and La Notte even better than L'Eclisse ;)

me

The Passenger is his best.

D'Ascoyne Blow Up.

I can confirm his spanish is pretty spot on.

Take your time. Not everyone has the benefit of advanced warning on something like that. I did when I was younger and I dove right in. It was...foolish.

​@@Theomiteit was okay bit overrated

Chris Higgins I think Abko (the movie that made Holy Mountain) is still withholding distribution rights. And considering they already have their own restored edition of the movie out, I'm not counting on them giving up the rights.

A Jodorowsky box set would be most excellent.

@@MrFloopaJoopa arrow video just released one this month! Sadly it's only in Europe and its region locked :(

I would agree with your picks, and also include The Long Goodbye (my fave Altman film). Short Cuts is also incredible, imo.

@@shmackatrotsky5394 Not seen either of them in a long time. Remember thinking The Long Goodbye was interesting, and maybe better on a second viewing? Some films can definitely benefit from a second or even third viewing. I don't know if I struggled with Short Cuts a bit, but will give another go. I suppose I quite like strange unusual films and 3 Women is, as well as having a soft spot for Shelley Duval - just such a unique actor I think (and Specek maybe to a lesser degree). Love satire too (The Player).

@@tomroe30 I need to give 3 Women a second viewing myself. Altman films tend to get better and better the more times you watch them. Btw, Shelley Duval's turn in Thieves Like Us is absolutely astonishing. I thought the film dragged a bit in the middle, and was too predictable, but some scenes were extraordinary and the acting and dialogue was top notch. Peoples tastes in Altman films are very subjective, I've noticed. For instance, I didn't care at all for Nashville, but the film has a rabid fanbase that consider it his ultimate masterpiece. Same goes for Short Cuts. Many love it, and many loathe it. The Long Goodbye was highly divisive when it came out, subverting all expectations, and went on to become a cult classic that heavily inspired The Big Lebowski. Maybe that's the mark of a genius. I feel like Altman was making movies primarily for himself, and did not care what the audience wanted or thought of the films. A true artist.

@@shmackatrotsky5394 Can you believe it she's just died.

@@tomroe30 sad news, indeed. i was surprised to hear the news so soon after posting about her here, and having been on a roll with watching her films. just last week, i had discussions with my wife and my mother-in-law about how wonderful her acting is. and i really hadn't talked about Ms Duvall in my life prior to that. strange coincidence. RIP Shelley, and thanks for being so authentically you.

Umberto Eco had more books than he could read when he died. His argument was that it wasn't having read everything, but making sure that you always had something new to read. A collection is more than the sum of your accomplishments.

Tarantino's taste is so generic.

I guess it means Trump has underage sex slaves who he is force-feeding shit to. Seems way over dramatic to me.

Jack shit

He is a very honest guy, he admits on the Election DVD commentary that he cast Matthew Broderick even though he never saw Ferris Bueller's Day Off!