Wow, you almost never see them go for random picks, I love that.

@Disharmony

Жыл бұрын

Or even admit that they've not seen something and just grabbing it so they could watch it for the first time, hah.

Love the idea to pick a random one. What a great way to expose yourself to new filmmakers.

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE - yes, masterpiece! Btw, make random picks a rule. Love that.

Fear and Loathing is an excellent random pick. She won’t regret that one!

I'm still shocked that Lynne Ramsay's Morvern Callar isn't in the collection yet. That movie is CRYING out for a Criterion release!!!

@Theomite

Жыл бұрын

Vinegar Syndrome has the rights to it. I'mma buy it in November during their Black Friday sale.

@bluefilmsltd

Жыл бұрын

@@Theomite Same.

@martincurran4985

Жыл бұрын

@@Theomite What rock have I been living under? I had no idea that it actually got a restoration release. I'm delighted fans and people who've never seen it before can enjoy a quality release of this movie now! :) The original DVD transfer was terrible quality. Btw, the cover art for the release is everything I'd hoped a Morvern Callar release would be!

@DuncanUdaho67

Жыл бұрын

@@martincurran4985 dude it’s got a reversible cover too, it’s so fucking gorgeous in person. Pre-ordered it when it dropped in February, I love it so much.

@martincurran4985

Жыл бұрын

@@DuncanUdaho67 I have GOT to order myself one! Thanks for the recommendation! :)

Nothing brings me more joy than seeing people go to the criterion closet and acting like a kid in the candy store. Excellent picks! 🎥👌

Liked her picking two random movies to watch

I love her picking A Dry White Season that movie is incredible

Black Orpheus is incredible! Good picks, Gina.

They should honestly have everyone just pick out a random one. Little Russian roulette movie night.

@VegimorphtheMovieBoy

Жыл бұрын

Fast forward to someone accidentally picking Salo 😬

Haters in the comments mad they’ll NEVER dig thru the closet lol. Great picks by a great filmmaker, gonna check out those picks

@Lancaster22

Жыл бұрын

I’m mad I’m never gonna pick through the closet. I just want one person to talk about Michael Bay’s The Rock for the entire episode.

@TheRulerRoderickSutton

Жыл бұрын

“Great” 🛑🧢

@RVAlien

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRulerRoderickSutton Ok then YOU make successful movies and take a pick 😁

@thevoid99

Жыл бұрын

@@Lancaster22 that's probably the best film he's ever made. everything else after that is unwatchable.

@atulyabharadwaj2279

Жыл бұрын

@@RVAlien why so defensive?

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as a random pick is amazing.

Didn't know they just added 'Eve's Bayou'. Loved the random picks. Thanks!

to be on criterion closet picks is a life goal.

John Cassavetes, FOUNDATION, that's the FOUNDATION. Fear and Loathing. What a great random pick. I'm a big fan when it comes to experimenting with the mind.

@Wired4Life2

Жыл бұрын

Barry Jenkins said that, yes?

I do that shut my eyes and pick a random move on my Letterboxd watchlist every night lol

My man John Cassavetes...that box set is phenomenal, and Rat Catcher is an incredible film, just incredible.

Fear and loathing in Las Vegas, what a mad film for her to watch.

I love Gina! She made some great picks too.

love her for picking out Claudine and Black Orpheus, legends only

Gina is such an incredible writer and director!!

Love GPB, such a smart filmmaker.

The Woman King was epic, very excited to check out Love & Basketball. Really hope she enjoys Fear & Loathing!

The Woman King should’ve been nominated for Best Picture!

Claudine, Devil in a Blue Dress, and Eve's Bayou, I also have those in my Criterion Collection.

Lol, she tried, but couldn't be as greedy as Barry Jenkins 😅 Jenkins is still my favourite closet video because he just went for it and didnt care who knew.

White male directors that enter this closet do not get half the negativity in the comments that female directors of color get. But do go ahead and blame it on her new movie that none of you have seen yet.

@Masseffectawesome

Жыл бұрын

the not even seeing the movie they're so up in arms about is so fucking ridiculous

What goes on in the closet ... is shared with everyone!

@fromthehaven94

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

Excellent Gina!

We want Martin Scorsese here. Tarantino is also big fanboy so him too. Also anybody who is more famous. Also we want like 30 minutes of this. We love to hear directors speaking about their favorite films.

An Actor's Revenge is sensational.

oh, "ratcatcher". i need to upgrade my copy to blu-ray for that film. get "morvern callar" in the criterion collection. that film is lynne ramsay's masterpiece.

@FloraWest

Жыл бұрын

I finally saw it last year--amazing film. Like, you know it's going to be amazing in the first shot level amazing.

@martincurran4985

Жыл бұрын

Lol! I literally just commented about a Morvern Callar release before seeing your comment. Such a great movie!!

@johnlefsky8731

Жыл бұрын

Morvern Caller was recently given a great looking Blu-ray release by a company called Vinegar Syndrome, so it will probably be awhile before the rights will be available.

4:21 ohhh that is a very good one!

The legend herself 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@irvingwashington8638

Жыл бұрын

Is she a legend?

@HoorayTV21

Жыл бұрын

What makes her a legend? lol

@Theomite

Жыл бұрын

I keep waiting for Charles Burnett and Dee Rees, myself.

@Crunch_Buttsteak

Жыл бұрын

Why legend I don't understand??

She is awesome!

Nice!

Hoping we get to see Andrew Stanton appear one day.

she accidentally picked one of Kon Ichikawa's better films, so it's not a total loss! lol

These vids should be a bit longer, and the crew should prompt the guest to properly show the film they have chosen. Sometimes the guest dosen't properly show the film, or sometimes they just fuckin mumble for a bit, which makes it a bit difficult know what they're on about. Not that this person did that.

What films did she pick I can't see them????

Jesus. Black women can’t even pick through the Criterion Collection in peace!😂 Some of y’all are so pathetic. Loved The Woman King and had no idea she did Love and Basketball and Beyond the Lights!

First pick is her own film. Queen stuff

@MagnitudeReviews

Жыл бұрын

She didn't pick her own film, just mentioned how happy she was that she got the call from Criterion is all.

@gnalkhere

Жыл бұрын

@@MagnitudeReviews she PICKED it out and talked about it, and it's listed in the movies mentioned in the description. Far as I'm concerned, that's a pick

Random pick for the win! New mandate?

Thank you.

Dear Criterion please make videos with Harmony Korine, Courtney Love and Pete Doherty choosing their closet picks

I like her

Let’s fucking GOOOOOOOOOO

Fishtank!

It’s interesting how middle of the road so many American filmmakers’ tastes are.

No movies or documentaries available on the Dahomey's lucrative role in the transatlantic slave trade?

@gavinhenderson7250

Жыл бұрын

From what I can gather from people that have actually seen the film, that’s kind of the point of it.

@FactoryOne

Жыл бұрын

@@gavinhenderson7250 the film does address Dahomey’s role in the slave trade as well as hints at human sacrifice, though significantly downplaying both, which is why it’s called historical fiction, a concept the original commenter appears to have no grasp of, at least that’s what I gather from their half baked failed snark comment. The movie actually happens at an interesting time in Dahomey’s history where Ghezo naively thinks he’ll be able to peddle palm oil instead of human cargo, but I think the film might embellish his moral conundrum with slavery, from everything I’ve read he was basically a warlord who wanted more power, but since the movie is overall about the Agojie, it takes liberties to weave the narrative around that group.

@LeifSonOfRogaland

Жыл бұрын

@@FactoryOne What the movie actually does is distort history in order for those of a wishful thinking & gullible mindset to rally around a false narrative. It is historical revisionism & Hollywood has been guilty of it since its inception. It is a bitter pill for many to accept the substantial role that Africa played & benefited from in the trafficking & misery of other Africans just as happened in every other human society throughout history.

@LeifSonOfRogaland

Жыл бұрын

@@gavinhenderson7250 I have seen the film & was disappointed as it was a missed opportunity to confront a chapter in human history that too often gets glossed over & as I said to the commentator below: What the movie actually does is distort history in order for those of a wishful thinking & gullible mindset to rally around a false narrative. It is historical revisionism & Hollywood has been guilty of it since its inception. It is a bitter pill for many to accept the substantial role that Africa played & benefited from in the trafficking & misery of other Africans just as has happened in every other human society throughout history.

@FactoryOne

Жыл бұрын

@@LeifSonOfRogaland so because you think people are incapable of doing their own research and are gullible, the filmmaker owes it to the audience, who by your standards is far too stupid to understand what historical fiction is or to be able to google “Dahomey” afterward that she therefore must tell the gods honest truth about Dahomey, narrative be damned? I’d hate to hear your take on Laurence of Arabia or Herzog’s Cobra Verde or just generally live in your world where apparently no one but you has the critical thinking skills to decipher fact from fiction or had the ability to draw accurate conclusions about this film. But by all means, continue doing your important work of condemning the filmmaker on behalf of us ignorant goons.

Hello beautiful. I'm genuinely curious about your thoughts on the oppression of people of color here in the U.S.? And do you contribute to organizations or individuals working to improve the conditions of Black and Brown communities?

@Crunch_Buttsteak

Жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ...

@blackgirlsread7978

Жыл бұрын

@@Crunch_Buttsteak What does Jesus Christ have to do with my question?

I like your delusion , like how u just make up lies and then produce a movie on that said lie

She says a whole lotnof nothing

Marlon Brando is the only good thing about A Dry White Season. Euzhan Palcy is a mediocre director.

Sounds like Laila Ali

I'm not gonna pull my own that's tacky. Had me in the first half...

@gutterbaby8382

Жыл бұрын

I didn't see anyone complain when Kyle Maclachlan pulled Blue Velvet and Fire Walk With Me two weeks ago. It's almost like you don't like her for other reasons... wonder if you can admit what those are.

Never heard of her

@ririschannelx

Жыл бұрын

google exists! broaden your horizons film buff!

Who?

@jonahclark859

Жыл бұрын

Gina Prince-Bythewood, its in the title…

@ririschannelx

Жыл бұрын

google exists! broaden your horizons film buff!

@Crunch_Buttsteak

Жыл бұрын

@@ririschannelx The Woman King director?? Lol no thanks.

She's a good director. Her husband, not so much

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Great pro-slavery propaganda movie she made

More like the woke closet. Pass.

@jonahclark859

Жыл бұрын

??????? in what way

@markheyliger533

Жыл бұрын

@@jonahclark859 woke is the new code for the N word, like when they were calling every Black person a thug a couple years ago

@BCS1105

Жыл бұрын

@@jonahclark859 It’s literally because she’s a woman of colour. The people leaving negative comments below this video can give all the reasons they want for their hate. Eventually, it comes down to a simple answer.

@tonywilthshire308

Жыл бұрын

Affirmative action closet lol

@EmileFeik

Жыл бұрын

go away, racist

I've noticed that black filmmakers often pick out movies by black filmmakers, often not exceptional movies at all. Just the fact those movies were made by a black filmmaker inspires these people. That's interesting.

@ririschannelx

Жыл бұрын

it’s called supporting your people and there’s nothing wrong with that. especially when they have been marginalised within the industry. and them not being good is just your opinion, not fact. subjectivity exists.

@Masseffectawesome

Жыл бұрын

why are you talking about black filmmakers like it's a nature documentary?

@house684

Жыл бұрын

@@ririschannelx nothing wrong with it, just interesting. I would never pick out a filmmaker as an inspiration simply because I share his ethnic background.

@ambskater97

Жыл бұрын

@@house684 You're white. Shut up.

@verninino

Жыл бұрын

@@house684 If you are male and ethnically “white” about 95% of mainstream and independent films are ostensibly tailored for you - the white male gaze. There is a censorious deficiency of films by black, Latino, women, and (out) queer filmmakers in the mainstream, western canon. Despite your patronizing assumptions, Black (et al) filmmakers do not merely select marginalized filmmakers based on their ostensible similarities. Qualities that may seem mediocre to the white male gaze often resonate with audiences from other cultures, who may find the tendencies and homogeneity of mainstream and independent “white” men filmmakers alien to their experiences or banal in their over representation.

Discovering my voice as a film maker ? She is so overrated !

@ririschannelx

Жыл бұрын

let’s see you make a film and we’ll wait for the inevitably shit results

Meh

Seen better closet picks

@Masseffectawesome

Жыл бұрын

they're someone's personal choices, what do you mean better

@ohen

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but In the Mood for Love alone makes up for some of the other stuff she picked.

@caseyaulbach7693

Жыл бұрын

These videos are to help bring people to watch films they'd otherwise likely never watch. It's about discovery, not simply ranking the best. If you wanna tell people their opinions and childhood experiences are inferior, then go start a KZread channel. That way you can acquire a meager following that are as miserable as you, then you can sit on your high horses and sulk and be miserable together while the rest of us continue to enjoy watching films.

Below average

@gavinhenderson7250

Жыл бұрын

I can’t help but see a pattern in your comments on some of the closet picks. Disturbing.

@johnny-vu6rl

Жыл бұрын

not white enough for you it seems

@h_shah5429

Жыл бұрын

Get a life

@tonywilthshire308

Жыл бұрын

@@gavinhenderson7250 cry about it

@gavinhenderson7250

Жыл бұрын

@@tonywilthshire308 that’s the best you’ve got?

Do Johnny Depp.

Not a fan of her. Some nice pics tho

Gross. Her movie sucks.