Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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The filmmaker looks back on seeing DR. STRANGELOVE in the cinema with his parents as a teenager, talks about a failed attempt to show one of his favorite movies to Robert Crumb, and shares how ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER inspired the look of GHOST WORLD.
The Picks:
DR. STRANGELOVE, OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
THE KILLERS (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
ARMY OF SHADOWS (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969)
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (John Huston, 1950)
ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (Pedro Almodóvar, 1999)
All these films, alongside Zwigoff’s own works LOUIE BLUE (1985), CRUMB (1995) and GHOST WORLD (2001), are available from criterion.com: criterion.com
And head to our streaming service, The Criterion Channel, to enjoy two films directed by Zwigoff in collaboration with cartoonist-screenwriter Daniel Clowes, GHOST WORLD and ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL (2006): criterionchannel.com/two-films-by-terry-zwigoff-and-daniel-clowes
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Subscribe to Criterion: youtube.com/channel/UCAP57cF-FSjJKzzXg7ntPlQ?sub_confirmation=1
The filmmaker looks back on seeing DR. STRANGELOVE in the cinema with his parents as a teenager, talks about a failed attempt to show one of his favorite movies to Robert Crumb, and shares how ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER inspired the look of GHOST WORLD.
The Picks:
DR. STRANGELOVE, OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
THE KILLERS (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
ARMY OF SHADOWS (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969)
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (John Huston, 1950)
ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (Pedro Almodóvar, 1999)
All these films, alongside Zwigoff’s own works LOUIE BLUE (1985), CRUMB (1995) and GHOST WORLD (2001), are available from criterion.com: criterion.com
And head to our streaming service, The Criterion Channel, to enjoy two films directed by Zwigoff in collaboration with cartoonist-screenwriter Daniel Clowes, GHOST WORLD and ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL (2006): criterionchannel.com/two-films-by-terry-zwigoff-and-daniel-clowes
Watch more Criterion Closet Picks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7D89754A5DAD1E8E
