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The actor selects Italian-cinema favorites, talks about how being cast in DAZED AND CONFUSED changed his life, and shares his experience working with John Sayles on LONE STAR.

Matthew’s Picks:
8½ (Federico Fellini, 1963)*
THE GREAT BEAUTY (Paolo Sorrentino, 2013)*
TOOTSIE (Sydney Pollack, 1982)
THE BIG CHILL (Lawrence Kasdan, 1983)
SLACKER (Richard Linklater, 1991)*
DAZED AND CONFUSED (Richard Linklater, 1993)
TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (Monte Hellman, 1971)
MATEWAN (John Sayles, 1987)
THELMA & LOUISE (Ridley Scott, 1991)
MEAN STREETS (Martin Scorsese, 1973)
LONE STAR (John Sayles, 1996)
BASQUIAT (Julian Schnabel, 1996)*
ELECTION (Alexander Payne, 1999)
AMORES PERROS (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, 2000)

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*Watch 8½, THE GREAT BEAUTY, SLACKER, and BASQUIAT on our streaming service, The Criterion Channel: criterionchannel.com

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