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The filmmaker shares how THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE influenced THE DARK KNIGHT, talks about the importance of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project, and praises the way David Lynch evokes dream logic on-screen.
Christopher’s Picks:
THE KILLERS (Don Siegel, 1964)
JOHN CASSAVETES: FIVE FILMS
FOR ALL MAKIND (Al Reinert, 1989)
THE COMPLETE MR. ARKADIN (Orson Welles, 1955)
THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (Fritz Lang, 1933)
THE APU TRILOGY (Satyajit Ray)
MARTIN SCORSESE’S WORLD CINEMA PROJECT NO. 3
MALCOLM X (Spike Lee, 1992)
LOST HIGHWAY (David Lynch, 1997)
THE QATSI TRILOGY (Godfrey Reggio)
THE PLAYER (Robert Altman, 1992)
BOYHOOD (Richard Linklater, 2014)
ONE FALSE MOVE (Carl Franklin, 1992)
THE BLACK STALLION (Carroll Ballard, 1979)
CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles, 1941)
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And JOHN CASSAVETES: FIVE FILMS, FOR ALL MANKIND, THE COMPLETE MR. ARKADIN, THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE, THE APU TRILOGY, LOST HIGHWAY, THE PLAYER, BOYHOOD, and all the films in MARTIN SCORSESE’S WORLD CINEMA PROJECT are now currently playing on our streaming service, The Criterion Channel: criterionchannel.com
Subscribe to Criterion: youtube.com/channel/UCAP57cF-FSjJKzzXg7ntPlQ?sub_confirmation=1
The filmmaker shares how THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE influenced THE DARK KNIGHT, talks about the importance of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project, and praises the way David Lynch evokes dream logic on-screen.
Christopher’s Picks:
THE KILLERS (Don Siegel, 1964)
JOHN CASSAVETES: FIVE FILMS
FOR ALL MAKIND (Al Reinert, 1989)
THE COMPLETE MR. ARKADIN (Orson Welles, 1955)
THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (Fritz Lang, 1933)
THE APU TRILOGY (Satyajit Ray)
MARTIN SCORSESE’S WORLD CINEMA PROJECT NO. 3
MALCOLM X (Spike Lee, 1992)
LOST HIGHWAY (David Lynch, 1997)
THE QATSI TRILOGY (Godfrey Reggio)
THE PLAYER (Robert Altman, 1992)
BOYHOOD (Richard Linklater, 2014)
ONE FALSE MOVE (Carl Franklin, 1992)
THE BLACK STALLION (Carroll Ballard, 1979)
CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles, 1941)
All are available from criterion.com: criterion.com/shop/collection/984-christopher-nolan-s-closet-picks
And JOHN CASSAVETES: FIVE FILMS, FOR ALL MANKIND, THE COMPLETE MR. ARKADIN, THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE, THE APU TRILOGY, LOST HIGHWAY, THE PLAYER, BOYHOOD, and all the films in MARTIN SCORSESE’S WORLD CINEMA PROJECT are now currently playing on our streaming service, The Criterion Channel: criterionchannel.com
