I absolutely love his calm enthusiasm

0:11 - *THE HORSE'S MOUTH* _dir. Ronald Neame_ (1958) 0:57 - *GREY GARDENS* _dir. Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer_ (1976) 1:18 - *TWO-LANE BLACKTOP* _dir. Monte Hellman_ (1971) 1:31 - *THINGS TO COME* _dir. William Cameron Menzies_ (1936) 1:57 - *FISHING WITH JOHN* _dir. John Lurie_ (1992) 2:16 - *SEVEN SAMURAI* _dir. Akira Kurosawa_ (1954) 2:30 - *ZATOICHI: THE BLIND SWORDSMAN* [Collector's Set] *THE TALE OF ZATOICHI* _dir. Kenji Misumi_ (1962) *THE TALE OF ZATOICHI CONTINUES* _dir. Kazuo Mori_ (1962) *NEW TALE OF ZATOICHI* _dir. Tokuzo Tanaka_ (1963) *ZATOICHI THE FUGITIVE* _dir. Tokuzo Tanaka_ (1963) *ZATOICHI ON THE ROAD* _dir. Kimiyoshi Yasuda_ (1963) *ZATOICHI AND THE CHEST OF GOLD* _dir. Kazuo Ikehiro_ (1964) *ZATOICHI'S FLASHING SWORD* _dir. Kazuo Ikehiro_ (1964) *FIGHT, ZATOICHI, FIGHT* _dir. Kenji Misumi_ (1964) *ADVENTURES OF ZATOICHI* _dir. Kimiyoshi Yasuda_ (1964) *ZATOICHI'S REVENGE* _dir. Akira Inoue_ (1965) *ZATOICHI AND THE DOOMED MAN* _dir. Kazuo Mori_ (1965) *ZATOICHI AND THE CHESS EXPERT* _dir. Kenji Misumi_ (1965) *ZATOICHI'S VENGEANCE* _dir. Tokuzo Tanaka_ (1966) *ZATOICHI'S CANE SWORD* _dir. Kimiyoshi Yasuda_ (1967) *ZATOICHI THE OUTLAW* _dir. Satsuo Yamamoto_ (1967) *ZATOICHI CHALLENGED* _dir. Kenji Misumi_ (1967) *ZATOICHI AND THE FUGITIVES* _dir. Kimiyoshi Yasuda_ (1968) *SAMARITAN ZATOICHI* _dir. Kenji Misumi_ (1968) *ZATOICHI MEETS YOJIMBO* _dir. Kihachi Okamoto_ (1970) *ZATOICHI GOES TO THE FIRE FESTIVAL* _dir. Kenji Misumi_ (1970) *ZATOICHI AT LARGE* _dir. Kazuo Mori_ (1972) *ZATOICHI IN DESPERATION* _dir. Shintaro Katsu_ (1972) *ZATOICHI'S CONSPIRACY* _dir. Kimiyoshi Yasuda_ (1973) 2:53 - *SECONDS* _dir. John Frankenheimer_ (1966) 3:20 - *SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS* _dir. Alexander Mackendrick_ (1957) 3:55 - *CRUMB* _dir. Terry Zwigoff_ (1995) 4:16 - *RUMBLE FISH* _dir. Francis Ford Coppola_ (1983) 4:39 - *WATERSHIP DOWN* _dir. Martin Rosen_ (1978)

Great taste! I like that he picked Sweet Smell of Success!

i'd SO love to see what robert eggers would choose.

Hopefully Meg 2 will also be part of the Criterion Collection someday

Love that Ben Wheatley does his own thing and makes movies that go against the grain.

Fantastic film knowledge. Really varied choices and you can tell from all the stories of childhood, the power that film has had on him.

I saw Things To Come In the exact same circumstances. I remember being with some flatmate pals. We were just watching the tv and it came on. We all thought it was as Ben says, a normal war or history film...then it went off on amazing tangents in to an alternative reality! It made our evening it was so strangely entertaining!

His looks. His voice. His selections! Great video all around.

This is like heaven. I would give anything to be in the presence of this wondrous cupboard.

THE HORSE'S MOUTH (Ronald Neame, 1958) GREY GARDENS (Albert & David Maysles et al, 1975) TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (Monte Hellman, 1971) THINGS TO COME (William Cameron Menzies, 1936) FISHING WITH JOHN (John Lurie, 1991) SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa, 1954) ZATOICHI: THE BLIND SWORDSMAN - THE TALE OF ZATOICHI (Kenji Misumi, 1962) - THE TALE OF ZATOICHI CONTINUES (Kazuo Mori, 1962 - NEW TALE OF ZATOICHI (Tokuzo Tanaka, 1963) - ZATOICHI THE FUGITIVE (Tokuzo Tanaka, 1963 - ZATOICHI ON THE ROAD (Kimiyoshi Yasuda, 1963) - ZATOICHI AND THE CHEST OF GOLD (Kazuo Ikehiro, 1964) - ZATOICHI'S FLASHING SWORD (Kazuo Ikehiro, 1964) - FIGHT, ZATOICHI, FIGHT (Kenji Misumi, 1964) - ADVENTURES OF ZATOICHI (Kimiyoshi Yasuda, 1964) - ZATOICHI'S REVENGE (Akira Inoue, 1965) - ZATOICHI AND THE DOOMED MAN (Kazuo Mori, 1965) - ZATOICHI AND THE CHESS EXPERT (Kenji Misumi, 1965) - ZATOICHI'S VENGEANCE (Tokuzo Tanaka, 1966) - ZATOICHI'S PILGRIMAGE (Kazuo Ikehiro, 1966) - ZATOICHI'S CANE SWORD (Kimiyoshi Yasuda, 1967) - ZATOICHI THE OUTLAW (Satsuo Yamamoto, 1967) - ZATOICHI CHALLENGED (Kenji Misumi, 1967) - ZATOICHI AND THE FUGITIVES (Kimiyoshi Yasuda, 1968) - SAMARITAN ZATOICHI (Kenji Misumi, 1968) - ZATOICHI MEETS YOJIMBO (Kihachi Okamoto, 1970) - ZATOICHI GOES TO THE FIRE FESTIVAL (Kenji Misumi, 1970) - ZATOICHI MEETS THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (Kimiyoshi Yasuda, 1971) - ZATOICHI AT LARGE (Kazuo Mori, 1972) - ZATOICHI IN DESPERATION (Shintaro Katsu, 1972) - ZATOICHI'S CONSPIRACY (Kimiyoshi Yasuda, 1973) SECONDS (John Frankenheimer, 1966) SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957) CRUMB (Terry Zwigoff, 1995) RUMBLE FISH (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983) WATERSHIP DOWN (Martin Rosen, 1978)

One of the best guests to be featured in this channel. Great selections of films as well as a nice lengthy explanation on his thoughts about them. Love it. Kill List is one of the most memorable movies I've ever seen.

Water ship Down and Deathrace 2000 as the first 2 films you ever rented. That’s absolute class.

the alexander mackendrick book is amazing. love that he loves rumblefish too - the fave of my youth

That Zatoichi set is beauty. I really should get a multi-region player.

Kill List was so fucking good. Great job Ben !

Seconds is an incredible film and going into it cold is sheer delight

I loooove Sightseers and High-Rise. The gradual destruction is eerily fascinating.

Very grand picks Wheatley chose & described, seen few of his picks but need to watch little more of Wheatley's. He has quite interesting taste in film.

Yes! Love for Seconds!

Very informative, now I will look up Ben’s movies

Love his comment on how cool Two Lane Black Top is

Thanks for mentioning Race With The Devil. I had seen this as a kid on late night telly years ago and thought I had dreamt it. Went to read the synopsis for the movie and went "Ahhhhhhh!"

I simply LOVE 'Two-Lane Blacktop', his quote made me laugh a lot.

Great picks from Ben.

A friend did a lot of the animation on WSD an incredible artist, thanks for this Ben

love this guys voice

Kill List is amazing

excellent underdog picks thank you brollo , we'lll keep on keeping on.

Just discovered you. What an amazing channel,thankyou .

I love when directors I like pull movies I like. Somehow validating

best closet picks video so far, really likeable and knowledgeable guy. I do have to admit, I dont like his movies, but hes a very intelligent guy with good and educated taste for films

Sweet Smell of Success is such a banger of a movie

Finally someone who fonally decided to pick out the Zatoichi box set.

These are perfect criterion closet picks- movies I would've never known of before

Excellent selection of films.

'Seconds' is a great film. Rock Hudson at his Finest.

I had exactly the same experience with Things To Come. Might even have been the same broadcast as I must be a similar age to Ben Wheatley and scoured the schedules on British TV for movies when growing up.

Of all the Closet Picks videos I've seen, I think I like Ben's the best so far (OK, not counting Isabelle Huppert's). He seems like a regular, smart guy and most of his selections were missed by others in the series. In particular, I'd recommend Two-Lane Blacktop and Seconds to just about any movie lover.

First time I've seen someone pick The Horse's Mouth. Not the greatest Criterion out there, but certainly one of best color palettes. It's like watching an oil painting come alive.

You should release a Wheatley box set!

That ZATOICHI set😳 I want one toooooo

Grazie per la condivisione .👍

I love his films but I never heard him speak before he has such enthusiasm for film

I wish as if I could make a wish and that wish would be is the Ben Wheatley would be my best bloke

'A Field in England' needs a Criterion release.

Can you please edit these like Amoeba's "What's in my bag" videos? It's so great to hear filmmakers talk about the films that were formative in their lives but it would be nice to see a clip of the film they are discussing in the edit.

The Sightseers is a true masterpiece of scary comedy. The characters keep surprising you with how off the charts they will go! Great director B.W.!

YES!

I love Grey Gardens!

Genius filmmaker.

Moviedrome was great, I'd always come in wasted and see what Alex Cox had in store for me

Dear, Criterion Collection, Please add Cinema Paradiso to the collection. :) Thank you!

Watership Down is criminally underrated.

I'll say this until I'm blue in the face but...PLEASE RELEASE THE OUTSIDERS!!! Love these Closet videos. Please...invite me? lol

"how many cupboards have you got?" haha

It seems the human mind is conditioned to go for the familiar. I wish visitors to the closet would pick more films they've never seen or heard of before like Zatoichi. I've had it for awhile and still haven't watched it. Now inspired to dig in.

two lane black top, what a film!

This guy's picks were the best. Not a bad movie among them.

Some decent picks.

Kill List is such an awesome film, I need to pick up some of his other movies.

I wish Criterion would pick up 'Barfly.' I love how they did 'Rumble Fish' and it would make a perfect companion.

LOL, I always say the kids doing a thing on the sneaky is a normal thing, I see didn't do him any harm. Seems like a decent chap.

"you cannot escape the closet, Ben!" "Then I shall become it! I shall gather up all of the films that have inspired my career and I will bury it in the stomach of this place!"

Ben Wheatley has called out the lack of a Horse's Mouth Blu Ray! UPGRADE CONFIRMED! Seriously though, I really like the movies he picked (that I've seen) so I'll have to check out the rest sometime.

can't believe this guy directed THE MEG 2

well done

I will have to check out Seconds, then!

always blame someone else when you snag the high dollar stuff

Damn, just casually bagging a copy of Zatoichi is nuts

I first saw Seconds channel surfing and thought what the hell is this. Great surrealistic film.

Yes, I love he doesn't just go: Fellini, Welles, Godard, but actually picks films I haven't seen so I can go and look what they're all about :D

"Seconds" will stay with you forever.

Seconds.......the stuff of nightmares,

supercool

Hope he has a region free player back at home...

Yack on mate!

Watership down 💔

There is any Ben Wheatley film in the Criterion Collection?

We want LadyHawk on Criterion Now

Kill List deserves a criterion release imo

please do a regin philbin criterion closet raid

Women and men select such different films - i.e., Kim Katrel vs Ben Wheatley's sumurai's etc.

Was great in Star Trek really filled out.

2:52 THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!

Holy shit x12, is this a record for picks?

LOL@ Rumblefish reference

It's good once in a while to step outside the closet to get some fresh-air. ?

"Seconds, Rumble Fish," and "Watership Down" are the three best in that list.

English Guillermo del Toro has good taste.

4:40 Anyone know what movie that mint green color spine in the background is?

I would unironically buy a Criterion 3D Blu-ray release of Meg 2

phillip Seymour Hoffman would of been awesome to see r I p

Aha! Kill List is on the Criterion Channel.

How does one get an invite to such a closet?

Is he from the south of England like Sussex? He has the same exact accent as Robert Smith of the Cure.

Hi Mr Wheatley you’re cool

finally! I director in the closest I both know and like!

Dude knows Geof Darrow?! Wow Ben has just gone up massively in my estimation (and he was pretty fucking far up there to begin with. A veritable National Treasure to be sure).

Down terrace was an interesting movie its probably his best at least better than free fire