“My friend, Stanley Kubrick”

@williamshaw9047

3 жыл бұрын

If any one of us ran into Kubrick anywhere, we would refer to him as "my friend Stanley Kubrick" for the rest of our lives.

@silverdropstudios7323

3 жыл бұрын

@@williamshaw9047 yeah true

@lS-qp6zq

3 жыл бұрын

Full Metal Jacket was brilliant, all the actors in it.

@ianbauer4703

3 жыл бұрын

So cool.

@ruly8153

3 жыл бұрын

@@williamshaw9047 I actually had the pleasure of meeting Stanley Kubrick when I was living in England I was a postman and I was delivering something to his house

Some people say Heath Ledger is the best, others will say Joaquin Phoenix, but we all know that Matthew Modine is the best Joker

@canaisyoung3601

2 жыл бұрын

Don't say that to those who think Willem Dafoe is perfect for that role. They will eat you alive.

@stewartbloomfield8035

Жыл бұрын

So true. Stew FMJ Crew.

@ablazedark

Жыл бұрын

IS THAT YOU JOHN WAYNE? IS THIS ME!

@gerardoramoncesarreynaldo9469

Жыл бұрын

Looollll!

@fatbackfunk

Жыл бұрын

Well played sir and I absolutely concur. Now let me see your war face!

Matthew Modine looks genuinely happy to be inside the closet.

@michael_g3726

3 жыл бұрын

Acting!

@rufashaochicken

3 жыл бұрын

But who wouldn't

@mohamedashian604

3 жыл бұрын

@Bibbity Bibbity get out

@Slopmaster

3 жыл бұрын

Is Tom Cruise hiding in there somewhere?

@neighborhoodmusicsnob5517

3 жыл бұрын

That scarf says otherwise.

How to tell when an actor is passionate about films? look at Matthew's face, he never stopped smiling throught the whole clip :)

@Astitwam

3 жыл бұрын

He always has a grin on his face, watch his acting

@Cosmic_Cretin

3 жыл бұрын

@Threehundredpages Pages not a given, some actors lose the passion over time and just do it for a paycheck

@lS-qp6zq

3 жыл бұрын

😍

@GregoryFrye

3 жыл бұрын

He might also be a little high on cannabis. That'll bring about a smile.

@leefithian3704

3 жыл бұрын

He doesn’t give a shit about anything

He is so cool - and aged like wine.

@funkmachine9094

3 жыл бұрын

i don't think you know much about wine then lol

@LeeEricsson

3 жыл бұрын

He turned into Keith Richards

@sspbrazil

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, he looks his age.

@daviddarko5837

3 жыл бұрын

@@funkmachine9094 I think the point is that he clearly aged but aged well. He looks healthy and not like some puppet who tried to keep his youth with surgery.

@funkmachine9094

3 жыл бұрын

@@daviddarko5837 i know what it means,hence my comment

The only problem with this is that it’s not an hour long.

I love his enthusiasm; so infectious.

You can definitely tell that he thinks highly of his father, who instilled a love for movies. His face lights up when he sees a title that brings back memories for him. Great video.

Is that you John Wayne? Is this me?

@kieranlivingstone6824

3 жыл бұрын

@ASMRcinema the fairy f*cking godmother!

@videotrash

3 жыл бұрын

I actually never got that joke ;_;

@65g4

3 жыл бұрын

@@kieranlivingstone6824 out fucking standing!

@benvanelli1241

3 жыл бұрын

@@videotrash it’s about how the stereotypical American hero (Wayne) never had to fight a war like the Vietnam war. Instead, it was teenagers. Joker was mocking this fact when he said that line

@christinacascadilla4473

3 жыл бұрын

“Well, pilgrim...”

His father managed a drive-in theatre. Coolest dad ever!

@stewartbloomfield8035

Жыл бұрын

Def.

I want to hang out with Matthew Modine and hear more of his stories!

@stewartbloomfield8035

Жыл бұрын

I hope you do. Stew FMJ Crew.

@rinderragout354

Жыл бұрын

I’ve had the pleasure of having multiple conversations with Matthew and I can vouch that he is just like this irl. He really is a great dude.

@singlespies

Жыл бұрын

@@rinderragout354 That's great!

His picks: Tanner 88 - 0:44 The Player - 1:10 Night of the Living Dead - 1:39 Midnight Cowboy - 2:08 Black Stallion - 2:32 Dr. Strangelove - 3:22 High and Low - 4:10 Being There - 4:56

@WesCoastPiano

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sad that I didn't get to hear him talk about Being There. What a tremendous film.

@diddymuck

3 жыл бұрын

instead of NOTLD, i woulda picked Romaro's The Amusement Park; Midnight Cowboy?? Little Big Man!...Dustin's masterpiece with superb work from Jeff Corey

@HugoSoup57

3 жыл бұрын

NintendianaJones64 Yes, Being There and Dr. Strangelove are both amazing films with great performances from Peter Sellers. Robert Altman’s The Player is another great movie.

I have LOVED Matthew Modine since 'Birdy', an extraordinary film from the early 80s that's stayed with me all these many decades later. An absolutely haunting performance from Matthew Modine. Super-talented actor, & it's great to see his love & joy for cinema shining thru here.

This is fabulous. He’s so enthusiastic and genuine. His choices are superb and his stories are magical. And, he’s a great actor, too.

Mr. Modine an American treasure. Love his enthusiasm in this closet picks.

Thank you, Criterion, for showing us that, yes, there IS a Matthew Modine drinking game. Every time he says, "I had the pleasure of working with," you do a shot! ☺

@fromthehaven94

3 жыл бұрын

Or his dad's drive in theater.

@hankworden3850

2 жыл бұрын

@@fromthehaven94 he said that twice

@Wired4Life2

2 жыл бұрын

My drunk-ass ghost discourages this.

@TheStockwell

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wired4Life2 Aww, be a sport, Blue Fox! It's fun! It's like I was telling my cat, who I had the pleasure of working with. Oops! Time to pour myself some Monkey 47; the best gin in the world! ☺

"The Player" has the best ending I've ever seen in a movie ever.

@LadyAmerican

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. “Traffic was a bitch.” 😊

@MegaKamandi

2 жыл бұрын

watched it back in the day did nothing for me

High & Low is a truly great movie. What he described makes up only half of the movie too, the rest is the subsequent investigation to track down the kidnapper making up a really smart & detailed investigative thriller. Definitely top three Kurosawa for me.

@JohnSpawn1

3 жыл бұрын

That and "The Bad Sleep Well": A masterclass in making a gripping crime film.

@amcaesar

3 жыл бұрын

I love HIGH & LOW!

@thevoid99

3 жыл бұрын

it's in my top 5 of the 19 films by kurosawa that i've seen so far.

@saiashwin26

3 жыл бұрын

For me, I felt the opposite. Once the film leaves Mifune’s character and follows the cops, it just became another standard police procedural film.

@tylermacgregor1320

3 жыл бұрын

High and Low is top 3 for me as well (the other two being Seven Samurai and Ran. Vanilla, I know). Drunken Angel is another one people sleep on.

High and Low is easily the most underrated Kurosawa film, honestly could be my favorite

@singlespies

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I love High and Low!

@KipVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I think I could say High and Low is my favorite too based on the five films by him I've seen.

@NemeanLion-

3 жыл бұрын

Ikiru was pretty amazing. As an action/adventure enthusiast, I’ve always loved Kurosawa’s films with Mifune. Especially Yojimbo.

@RozarSmacco

3 жыл бұрын

Too good.

@Jessicaunarex

3 жыл бұрын

I think it is his best film.

I'll watch all these films with my four strapping young boys: Morgan, Mason, Matthew, and Modine.

Matthew Modine with a scarf and a headscarf looks like he came from a Cutthroat Island sequel.

@alexanderking521

3 жыл бұрын

looks more like he just got a mocha and croissant after a light morning jog

@mikeoyler2983

3 жыл бұрын

Sequal or reboot? ; PP

@jaysterling26

3 жыл бұрын

@Saddam Zimmerman Actually, it is Keef - he's spent lockdown at the same Swiss clinic ( full service ( untouched for decades): face-lift, vocal pipes cleanse, etc.; the staff were paid a bonus) at the one Mick uses , bi- monthly, to cleanse his blood by laser.

@Chris-xi9sy

3 ай бұрын

Nice.

Wished this was at least 30min. Such a humble dude who's worked with absolute legends.

Nothing I love more than people in the film industry that actually appreciate and LOVE cinema, when it becomes clear it’s more than just having a job they’re good at it.

I want to watch the movie Vision Quest with that guy!

I saw Matthew at the last showing of "To Kill A Mockingbird " in London two weeks ago .We all know he is great in movies but it was a pleasure to watch him perform live under pressure getting it right first time ...a true craftsman .His co stars did an amazing job as well and all got a standing ovation.

Wow, he's actually had a pretty great career when you go through his filmography...

@johanvajse8410

3 жыл бұрын

and he didn't even mention Vision Quest LOL

@gissellest333

Жыл бұрын

He’s been in great films.

Vision Quest, And The Band Played On..

Speaking of great obscure films, Matthew Modine played the title role in BIRDY, a fabulous1984 film.

"My father was a drive-in theatre manager..." How many people are jealous of him even if he didn't become a big-name actor?

@ianbauer4703

3 жыл бұрын

Me...all those movies to watch.

@geg6315

3 жыл бұрын

Matthew Modine was a great actor

@charlieredeemed

3 жыл бұрын

My dad ran the projector and managed Hollis Theatres in Globe, Arizona. He also ran the projector at our drive-in.

@FloraWest

3 жыл бұрын

This was my exact reaction.

@stewartbloomfield8035

Жыл бұрын

@@geg6315 Was and is.

Look at his smile just being in there. You can feel the films reaching out to him

Absolutely love your performance in "Birdy", Mr. Modine!!

I had the great pleasure to get to know Matthew on FMJ and he made me laugh so much it was a blast due to matthew.....he really is the best. Stew FMJ Crew.

Short Cuts is such a great Criterion package, one of the first I ever bought right out of high school.

Great picks, priceless coments and insights by Matthew Modine, a great actors himself.

List of people who should start a podcast: 1) Matthew Modine 2)

@bibip12345

3 жыл бұрын

Quentin Tarantino

Such an amazing person. I truly appreciate him and his work!

"I'm so happy that I am in the Criterion Closet. In one piece, and short. I'm in a world of shit, yes, but I am in the Criterion Closet, and I'm not afraid".

Such a great guy to be around with. I love his enthusiasm.

So wonderful to hear the enjoyment in your voice as you discuss these wonderful movies.

G'day Matthew, Thank you for your outstanding body of work. I've been a fan since I saw your first film, back then I was a film critic for newspapers and radio. On Dr Strangelove, Kubrick used, of course, as his main source, 'Red Alert' by Peter Bryant (Peter George). I finally got around to reading this book in 2015 and found it to be one of the most engrossing and at the same time, possibly, the most depressing book I've ever read. I read 'Red Alert' while on vacation in Paris, one of the obvious nuclear targets of the 50s and 60s. I spent two days sitting in one of my favorite bistros in Paris reading this book. A deep depression overcame me and I understood immediately how Kubrick must have felt and why his stroke of genius to play this as a satirical comedy was his only alternative. Peter Bryant was the pen name of Peter Bryant George who had actually been a member of the Royal Air Force when he wrote 'Red Alert' in 1958 as a way to exorcise his personal 'demons' about the fundamental futility of nuclear war, barely kept from happening because of the M.A.D. concept of mutually assured destruction. Peter George was an RAF navigator during WW2 and then re-joined the RAF in peacetime working as a Flight Controller for fighter wings on 'scramble stand-by' for nuclear attacks. He wrote many books, part-time during lulls in his RAF duties. He briefly co-wrote with Kubrick on 'Dr Stangelove..." but he was never comfortable with Kubrick's comedy approach. Perhaps because he was still bearing the scars of his insider knowledge of how WW3 would go down. Sadly, so sadly, Peter Bryant George, even after this book, and writing others, he could still not cope with his fears for nuclear war. Convinced that WW3 was an inevitability, he took his life in 1966. I confess that after reading 'Red Alert', I have not been able to bring myself to see 'Dr Strangelove...' again. Thank you for your participation in this series of videos. Kind regards, BH.

Granted, the movie is 60-years-old, but I somehow feel there still should have been a spoiler alert... Also, I hope that when I’m an old man I too can dress like a sophisticated French woman and make it work.

As always I wish these were longer. I feel so much is likely edited out. Nevertheless, thank you for continuing this series.

So refreshing to have someone actually TALK about films and experiences while they are stuffing their pockets with movies we are paying for..

I'd like to see Tarantino do one of these. His mind would be going 100 different directions at once.

@Owen-ub3fv

3 жыл бұрын

He would be there forever, probably have a fit then just end up taking the whole closet.

@kadenduiffard2388

3 жыл бұрын

He probably already owns all of the movies in the closet. And being Tarantino, he probably owns them on 35mm so he can show them at his movie theater in Los Angeles, the New Beverly Cinema.

It's nice that you still do these videos during covid, quarantines, and everything.

A nicely captured moment... oh Mathew we miss you...🥁🥁🥁🥁

My favorite actor of many great films of the 1980s and '90s. Still seems like a cool guy.

@stewartbloomfield8035

Жыл бұрын

Trust me Matthew is. Stew FMJ Crew.

High and Low is one of my favorite movies. So glad he picked it up!

Thank You Criterion for coming back with Closet Picks ❤️❤️❤️ Bring more such videos🔥🔥🔥

GODDAMN YOU MODINE!!! I Demand more details on the Mormons-Throwing-You-Out-Of-Utah-for-MIDNIGHT-COWBOY story!

One of our great American actors.

Robert Altman, Stanley Kubrick, and Francis Ford Coppola walk into a bar... There waiting for them is their best friend Matthew Modine.

Ted Danson x David Foster Wallace

@brianbuday8639

3 жыл бұрын

BK with a dash of Keith Richard 😜

Midnight Cowboy is the rare film that is of, and looks of a specific time (1969), but is not dated. There are several classic films from the 60s and 70s that are unwatchable now in terms of acting, cinematography or soundtrack, but it’s not one. John McGiver-best known at the time as a character actor on TV-provides about a five minute master class on supporting acting for film. As for the X rating, today it would probably be rated PG13.

wish this was longer. Love these videos!

Great episode, I hope Modine has something of a career revival someday! Very underrated

@joeculp3993

Жыл бұрын

I mean he was on stranger things.

I longed for a closet video

@paulb111

3 жыл бұрын

You got a winner.

@gnalkhere

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulb111 I am a simple man; I see a closet video, i win

I remember when Matthew was in Perth Australia filming Wind - used to see him in Fremantle all the time.

I live just a few miles from where The Highland drive-in theater once stood in Salt Lake City. We miss you and your father, Matthew.

Short Cuts is one of the best 90s movies. Rarely shown on tv anymore... So sad that tv stations rotate the same 100 movie all over again. I also really love Matthew Modine in Birdy and Full Metal Jacket. Birdy is a work of art with an amazing story (with a young Nicolas Cage when he still played solid characters in good movies) and an outstanding soundtrack by Peter Gabriel. One of my top 10 movies of all time.

@slartibartfast7921

10 ай бұрын

You’ve sold me, gonna put it on my list.

Loved Matthew Modine in And the Band Played On. We must NEVER forget the Aids epidemic and how it was handled.

@bibip12345

3 жыл бұрын

Love that Movie too

Loved Matthew in Married to the Mob❗️

@Jessie-yn2ci

3 жыл бұрын

Yassss 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Great actor! Watched a lot his stuff growing up in the 90s!

best ending line in criterion closet history ever

Matthew!! Love watching your picks for the Criterion Collection! Totally enjoying the movies you are talking about! Totally enjoyed you as Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket as Kubrick is one of my favorite directors! Dr Strangelove was a great pic from yours! Hope to see other Kubrick movies added to Criterion!!

@thevoid99

3 жыл бұрын

first, a new version of "spartacus" for dvd/blu-ray and then... "lolita" (both the kubrick and the highly-underrated adrian lyne version). soon, "full metal jacket" and everything else by kubrick.

@stewartbloomfield8035

Жыл бұрын

The best joker ever. Stew FMJ Crew.

If only David lynch picked his Dvd only then i can die peacefully

@isakdahl7054

3 жыл бұрын

The thing is he hasn’t seen that much film compared to all these other people. He’s not a film buff.

@adarshjose3891

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@mrsoprano3848

3 жыл бұрын

@@isakdahl7054 Yes,i know that he loves fellini,kubrick,jacques,hitchcock

@ODjangoo

3 жыл бұрын

@@isakdahl7054 haha true, what really did it was when he pulled out midnight cowboy. I legit laughed out loud

@thoso1973

3 жыл бұрын

Lynch is very well versed in the auteurs of cinema; not so much in popular culture directors or contemporary cinema. But yeah, it would be epic if he just picked Eraserhead and left. :D

Neat seeing so many of the discs I own pop out amongst the collection (Che, Ikiru, Rushmore).

The optimist in me takes this as a hint we'll see Full Metal Jacket in the collection one day. You might as well add Eyes Wide Shut at the same time ;)

@classiccinemac9480

3 жыл бұрын

Elliot!! It’s Mac! Yes, I too would love to see more Kubrick movies on Criterion! I’d love to see Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, and Eyes Wide Shut added!!

@1977Suspiria

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, Pacific Heights. 😁

Great picks!!! And nice tales of his times and friendship with Kubrick.

Full Metal Jacket is one of the best movies, ever. Good job, Mr. Modine!😀👍

It kinda bother me when they pick DVDs instead of Blu-rays! 😫 Great picks! 👌🏻

@boppob1343

2 жыл бұрын

Not everything in the closet has a Blu-ray version

Criterion are building up a wonderful library of remastered movies. Us true film buffs have a lot to be grateful to them for. Thank you for everything Criterion. Ooh, I really want to see that Kurosawa movie.

I’m glad to hear Midnight Cowboy and Dr. Strangelove mentioned, they’re both great movies

Modine in The Blackout is one of the great screen performances. If you've not seen it imagine Bad Lieutenant but with an actor instead of a cop.

@milesmayhem5440

3 жыл бұрын

Does Modine do full frontal like Keitel did in the Bad Lieutenant?

Awesome guy. The Altman and Kubrick stories were wonderful.

Oh, neat! I used to work with him earlier this year at an academy. Really nice guy.

I agree with Matthew about the approach of Kubricks Dr. Strangelove. However there is one briliant exception from this rule and that is Sidney Lumets Masterpiece 'Fail Safe' - a very serious film about the nuclear threat. Lumet created a film noir chamber play with the great Henry Fonda and a brilliant young Larry Hagman.

@fritzwalter4660

3 жыл бұрын

In my opinion FAIL SAFE is even a better film than DR. STRANGELOVE.

Is this guy a comedian? I like him, he can come home to my house and have my sister

@matiastoro1667

3 жыл бұрын

What is your major malfunction numb nuts? Didn't mommy and daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?

@lindas.martin2806

3 жыл бұрын

Quite a sick statement, might want to get that checked...

@khoroshoorange

3 жыл бұрын

@@lindas.martin2806 it's just a quote from full metal jacket... modine's breakout movie!

@jacobanderson5767

3 жыл бұрын

@@matiastoro1667 Have you seen Full Metal Jacket?

@matiastoro1667

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacobanderson5767 Have you?

We need more of these.

Thanks, most interesting. I very much enjoy your work.

I need that Criterion closet. With room for expansions. Beautiful.

He is certainly enthused by all of these great movies.. That's the reason why he is a gifted and talented actor. His sense of what a film is.

Jeez Matthew. Nice picks. Also I love the Kubrick stories. High and Low is one of my all time favorite films.

I would’ve picked “Birdy” if it was there

@ianbauer4703

3 жыл бұрын

Great film with Matthew Modine and Nick Cage.

@alevine1951

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm I remember reading the book but the movie got bad reviews so I never bothered.

Finally, a new closet video

I was literally thinking about Robert Altman allot today... 🤔

That was great. I could have watched another hour of that.

Lobed this man in Vision Quest!

Love Altman's Nashville.

Why do we only get 5 min with such a brilliant, grossly underrated actor?

@milesmayhem5440

3 жыл бұрын

You should stalk him so you can spend more time with him.

@mig_zvm

3 жыл бұрын

@@milesmayhem5440 he could prob afford to buy me a sandwich

@mig_zvm

3 жыл бұрын

@@milesmayhem5440 My guess is that he is one of those actors who gave up on Hollywood a while ago. Not sure though.

That "High and Low" movie sounds like a great premise. I never heard of it before. I'll have to check that out.

@davidnoffsinger5214

3 жыл бұрын

It's a good movie. It has its highs and lows.

@111Phoenix777

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidnoffsinger5214 LOL!!

@Wired4Life2

2 жыл бұрын

_High & Low_ is like Villeneuve’s _Prisoners_ before Villeneuve’s _Prisoners._

@thecinematicmind

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wired4Life2 I really need to see it

Seeing Matthew Modine reminds me he worked with John Sayles on "Baby It's You," one of the countless Sayles movies which aren't represented in the Criterion Collection.

I wish I had a Criterion Collection library in my home. They used to have a huge section at Barnes & Nobel and every film looked extremely interesting for one reason or another.

He's always gonna be Agent Downey from the underrated crime comedy "Married To The Mob" to me. He's very cool, very funny and he and Michelle Pfeiffer have pretty good chemistry together. If you like gangster films and dark comedies but haven't seen it, I'd recommend it strongly!

What a lovely guy, he clearly loves cinema as much as we do.

I mainly remember you in Gross Anatomy. I watched that when I was 7, from my dad's projection booth, in Hollis Theatres of Globe, Arizona. He also ran the projector and managed our drive-in theatre. I liked that movie.

The Player is so good! Midnight Cowboy is amazing too, Great picks. High and Low is Incredible and Dramatic

Matthew Modine will forever be cool! ❤

Criterion should release The Blackout, by Abel Ferrara. Matthew was fantastic in it!

@bitlord-hm7nt

3 жыл бұрын

Not a Matthew Modine movie, but King of New York by Abel Ferrara is great as well. Doubt it if Criterion would release it. Bad liutenant is good too.

@stewartbloomfield8035

Жыл бұрын

He was def.

Matthew Modine is an American treasure