Just 'cause I know I'll want to come back to Patton's picks in the future: 0:00 Forty Guns (1957, Western) Samuel Fuller 0:48 Detour (1945, Film Noir) Edgar G. Ulmer 1:32 Female Trouble (1974, Comedy/Crime) John Waters 2:00 The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952, Drama) Yasujirō Ozu 2:26 Le Samouraï (1967, Crime) Jean-Pierre Melville 2:58 Frownland (2007, Comedy) Ronald Bronstein 3:28 Paleflower (1964, Action) Masahiro Shinoda 4:02 Dekalog (1989, Drama Mini Series) Krzysztof Kieślowski 4:17 One False Move (1992, Crime) Carl Franklin
I read his book on being addicted to movies. He's an og citerion collection supporter. The book is a memoir and he literally notes when Criterion Collection movies started coming out. I'm so happy he's in the closet
Criterion needs to make longer, uncut edits of these available. Especially when it comes to people like Patton who obviously know their shit. P.S. He's this way with comic books, too!
-Forty Guns (western) -Detour (Film Noir) -Female Trouble (John Waters) -The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (Yasujirō Ozu) -Frownland (yikes!) -Paleflower (Japanese crime) -Dekalog: aka-The Ten Commandments and The Decalogue-1989 Polish drama television miniseries directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski -One false move (Carl Franklin,Bill Paxton, crime Film) -
Actually, Ozu used to pan quite a bit in his earlier films, but still, so damn funny! In my mind I'd never imagined I'd hear the words "Fuck me up Ozu". God bless you, Patton.
I don't know much about Rich Evans, but I would like to see Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick from The Venture Brothers in that closet, I want to know what movies inspire them, and believe it or not, I would like to see some RU-vid and TikTok content creators, particularly in the performing arts, be invited also.
I wouldn't say it's criminally overlooked, it is highly regarded. I think it's more popular among casual fans of John Waters rather than his hardcore fanbase who often praise Multiple Maniacs and Desperate Living above it. Female Trouble in my opinion has the most replay value of any John Water film (even among his latter ones) - it is his most accessible early film.
Much love for Detour…it always gets overlooked and I have used it to turn others onto Film Noir because it’s like suspect zero…it hits all the beats, covers all the tropes and the best part is the original is public domain so you can send someone home with a copy of the film to start their own collection and then upgrade their copy later.
I got to work with Sam Fuller on my 1st Film as a PA. The movie was Imaginary Crimes and the Director, Anthony Drazen found out he could get Sam as an actor for a day, so he wrote a scene into the film just for him. I don’t think he ever intended to have the scene cut into the film. He just wanted to spend a day and work with Sam fuller. Sam was great. He showed up and wore his own clothes for the scene. Spoke what ever He wanted to say. And pretty much did what ever he wanted to do! Lol. It was baffling and funny for a kids first time working on a film. I had no idea what was going on. Lol. And of course Sam held a cigar in his teeth the whole time…. He was the atypical Grumpy ole man who couldn’t be told what to do. Lol. That whole time with him On Set was crazy. Sam did what ever He wanted. Said when the scene was done and then left. He was his own man. And from what I understand, Sam was used to working this way. And was the last of the old Hollywood directors who had this kind of crazy control over his work. Lol. I’ve had a blessed career in film. I was blessed that this was one of my earliest highlights and introductions to the medium and industry I’ve loved and has made me a living.
If you haven't already, you should read Patton's memoir Silver Screen Fiend - it's brilliant! It's about his time starting as a stand-up in San Francisco and also watching movies obsessively. Lots more of the heartfelt passion seen here
LOVE Carl Franklin. One False Move & Devil in a Blue Dress are SO good. Apparently, Patton worked with Carl on Manhunt (about the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated Lincoln), which was originally supposed to come out this month, but I'm guessing got pushed back because of the strikes 😕
I always admire everyone's restraint in the closet. If I ever got the opportunity to go into the Criterion Collection closet, I would walk out with 100+ movies.
Amoeba Records needs to get on it and do an episode of What's In My Bag? with this guy. He's always making reference to his gen-x music tastes in his standup specials and I'd be very interested to see what he picks out at that store and the stories/info that he'll attach to each pick.
I'm happy you mentioned Eraserhead. It's one of my all-time favorite movies. I'll have to check out the Melville. I've been meaning to watch his films!
I would listen to him talk about Films nonstop! Always a pleasure to listen to someone who is knowledgeable and passionate about something get excited about it!
I was waiting to see if he’d grab Blast of Silence. The way he spoke about that film in his book Silver Screen Fiend made me want to watch it, totally worth it!
I would love to hear Patton Oswalt talk more about great films to watch like this. It’s so fascinating to hear movie buffs nerd out about films that I haven’t heard of.
Patton Oswalt has some good choices like Pale Flower, The Flavor Of Green Tea Over Rice and Le Samourai. He even mentioned one of his favorite Kurosawa movie Ikiru in one interview years ago.
@@Gobear1 i'm just annoyed with all film recommendations that are pre-1979 with old people especially, as if film, as an art form, hasn't advanced passed whatever boring over-rated movie they were inspired by 60+ years ago
@@CR055FIRE You must be unfamiliar with Criterion. Their films span the ages from the silent era to today. One of PO's picks in this video is Frownland from 2007. They just released Triangle of Sadness, an Academy Award nominee from last year! I'm guessing you also don't like films in black and white or that have subtitles.
Its a nice collection but not being VHS really makes it quite subpar. Compared to the Victorville film archive this dude has a lot of work to do before he's a real film buff
Those Ozu and Pale Flower bits felt like they were meant for me! Hehe! I wish he could've gotten two full bags of movies and we could've watched him for like 30 minutes! He's so interesting and funny and insightful! I've never heard anyone else talk about Pale Flower before, it's definitely underrated
I'm sorry, but...did he see a different version of Pale Flower than I did? Seriously, what scene is he talking about where someone tries to snap someone else out of heroin addiction? Is there an alternate cut to this?
I just watched Frownland on The Criterion Channel a few days ago. Dore Mann gives an incredible performance as Keith, a man suffering a continuous panic attack.
@@a.champagne6238 Wow, it's so WEIRD that he didn't curl up into a miserable ball for at least 3 years before finding love again. Come on man, it's not that strange. I feel like we shouldn't judge Patton for that at all.
woah, Frownland is on Criterion?!?!? that's more Vinegar Syndrome style... I've only seen it once, on the big screen. Olympia Film Society... please excuse me, I have to go buy something!!
It would be awesome if you synergized closet picks on RU-vid with what’s available on your criterion app! I’d love to stream some of these movies Patton is talking about
Multiple Venn diagrams with Patton on these films. Film culture can embrace both intellectual, and entertainment value, and Patton expresses that so seamlessly!
Entertaining episode. But, in general, I only wish that @criterioncollection would consider including cutaway snippets of the guest's closet picks so the films aren't left to our imagination.
Coincidentally Patton shows up last night on the season finale of What We Do In the Shadows. That he played a rat helps him with the vampires … for a bit anyway.
I've been waiting for this one. After reading Silver Screen Fiend, I knew Patton Oswalt KNOWS HIS SHIT about movies, so what a treat to see that on display here!
Fun fact. "Le Samouraï" was a big influence on Anton Corbijn's "The American" who just happened to be in the Criterion closet a few weeks ago. Now if Criterion would just go ahead and put out The American, my shelf would be so happy.
