I love when one a director picks up a movie and you are instantly like "Oh yeah, I figured they would love that."

A Kaiju film from the Daniels would be absolutely stunning!

The Before trilogy is great because it follows the arc of human romanticism from romantic fantasy to real relationship. The fight scene is amazing!

I can't believe they just picked Barry Lyndon ten times!

I would gladly watch a one hour video of the Daniels picking movies. Amazing ❤️

In their video for Turn Down For What (at around 2 minutes in), there's a fake paper towel product simply named "Towel". Now I understand that it's actually a Repo Man reference because of their production designer. That's just all kinds of awesome.

0:10 The Before Trilogy (Linklater) 1:20 Police Story 1 & 2 (Jackie Chan) 2:14 Godzilla 1954 2:47 Tampopo (Juzo Itami) 3:37 Malcolm X (Spike Lee) 4:30 Repo Man

It feels so validating to see some of my favorite directors going through the Criterion collection and picking some of the more mainstream stuff I’d pick rather than the obscure stuff I’ve never heard of all my other favorite directors go for

Nice to hear Love & Mercy get a mention. I swear in years to come in will be reappraised as one of the best films of recent times. it's a slept on masterpiece. and in this new era of big budget music biopics it is hands down the best of them, by far!

Linklater's Before Sunrise is one of my inspirations as it was the first film that made it abundantly clear that all you need is good writing and a couple of actors to make a compelling film. Everything else are just bells and whistles.

Its so great hearing these anecdotes on how they found these pics. You get a little glimpse into their backgrounds. That goes for most other criterion entrants aswell.

They picked such good choices, but I also love how compassionate and humorous they are about the films they talk about, and the people those films remind them of. Love these two so much

These are classic picks, very cool that they had little personal anecdotes for them

Funny that Dan mentioned his uncle who's on the spectrum. I was diagnosed just recently in my late-30s... but being able to recite all the dialogue from movies like _Goodfellas_ from start to finish, and scare people with encyclopedic knowledge of movie facts, should've probably been a tip-off lol! Good on Daniel for picking _Malcolm X,_ btw! 😁 Among the all-time greatest films... so glad it's in the collection. Finally - anyone who likes _Tampopo_ and hasn't seen _The Funeral_ should absolutely do so... imo, it's Juzo Itami's best film, yet _Tampopo_ always seems to get all the props. Glad they're both in the collection! It's horrific what happened to Itami... shows the power of cinema, and how threatening it can be to those in power! He and his wife were one of the best director-actor duos ever.

I was hoping Dan Kwan was gonna talk about A Hard Day's Night, since he was holding it at the end.

Glad to see Tampopo as one of the picks. It's my favourite film about food and the first Criterion I ever got.

Daniel Scheinert watching the Before Trilogy according to their respective time settings, is something I also did lol.

I love love LOVE their film choices but my only bone I have to pick would be referring to Malcolm X as a crime movie....calling it that is a bit of a head scratcher. 🤔

Such great picks here. Super happy for these guys and all the success they’ve had. EEAAO was truly wonderful. Excited to see what they make next ❤

Found Tampopo on KZfaq straight after watching this. Great recommendation! Fascinating film. Easy to spot the DNA in the Daniels' work too. These two come across every bit as likeable as they are talented.

Thank you for adding the list of films at the end. I hope you will continue doing this moving forward :)

2 minutes in, and they already pick 4 of my favourite films ever (Before Sunset, Midnight, Police Story and Godzilla). My favourite closet picks easily

Release the Park Chan-Wook video

I'm surprised they didn't shout out a Wong Kar-Wai film since they tributed his style so well in Everything Everywhere

I love it in "Tampopo" when everyone she meets wants to help her achieve her goals.

Their closet picks are all films in my small collection. Must explain why I loved everything everywhere all at once so much.

Love the quick shoutout to Love & Mercy (honestly, would be blown away if that made it into the collection one day)

In another multiverse Raccacoonie would have been added to the Criterion Collection

I love this series. Every individual installment is one of a kind.

One of my favorite episodes so far… lovely duo!

I’m so glad criterion is doing more of these closet picks. Keep it up please

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YESSS!! I love the "Before" trilogy shout out. Those movies mean so much to me.

Love their picks! I always feel dumb when I watch other artists pick films I’ve never heard of or seen. Very down to earth guys!

Great picks. The Before trilogy is one of my favorites too.

i know it's not in the closet but they're so real for shouting out Love and Mercy, phenomenal movie

I genuinely appreciate the title card at the end of the video. Really convenient. Keep it up. Proud of you.

Wow! Repo man! I didn't think anybody watched that movie. I like you'll style and congrats on the Oscars ❤️ the movie was a needed shock to the industry.

Love to see Repo Man mentioned. He's absolutely right that it gets better after every watch.

seriously though, why doesn't criterion upload the entire uncut video of guests going through the closet?!!?!?! sheesh put it on your site behind a pay wall and I'll pay to watch it lol

I didn't love 'Everything, Everywhere, All at Once', though I liked it enough. These guys seem cool, so I'll definitely see whatever they do next.

Love these guys! Wish them every success.

It was awesome to see someone finally pick the Police Story box set.

You can definitely see a little bit of all those movies in Everything Everywhere All at Once

If the Daniels can revive practical costume monster movies/tokusatsu in the west then I will be very happy.

Did he just call malcolm x a crime saga?

These guys start the re-collection methodical… nice! We learned a system we hadn’t heard from anyone else, the small few, until now….

No wonder EEAaO was such an amazing and beautiful film! They're inspired by some of the most creative and influential movies out there

I love that Tampopo was featured!! I love that movie and so few people have seen it!

I saw you sneaking A Hard Day's Night in your bag while you were talking about Repo Man. Respect.

Love the bit about Tampopo.

please, a 20min version of this :)

Love these 2 geniuses, and I don’t use that term often

THE BEFORE TRILOGY POLICE STORY 1 & 2 GODZILLA TAMPOPO MALCOLM X REPO MAN

daniel kwan knows what's up - before sunset is the best one

Dude, happy you chose Godzilla, but should’ve grabbed the series set! And also happy to see Mal X & Repo Man. A local theatre just did a revival screening of it and we had a great crowd for it. They also followed it up with the 1980 Pee-Wee’s Playhouse ep.

I hope they won’t be eaten by big studios like Disney. They’re unique and fun, and I love their movies!

YESS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!

In Repo Man, the reason why products were just labeled with plain black and white type like BEER or DOG FOOD was because in in the late 70s early 80s they would sell it that way in real life. The thought behind it was that flashy packaging added too much to the cost. They called these non-brand products GENERIC and devoted a whole aisle to them in grocery stores.. The whole idea was pretty dumb and people mostly bought them ironically.

Tampopo is so good. Very nice shout out. Love it.

4:18 Perfect way of putting it!

Too bad Criterion couldn't include Police Story 3: Super Cop in that Police Story box set especially since Michelle Yeoh co starred in it. Fun Fact :Criterion did release Super Cop back when they still released laser discs.

My fave so far I think.

Just the 1st 3 picks in, and they are EXACTLY the films I'd want to grab! I have even imagined if I got to have my own closet picks, one had to be the Criterion "Gojira"!! #MyPeople

I saw a picture of park chan wook in this closet, does he have a closet picks video?

In a sea of art films they find Kaiju and Kung Fu. They are my kind of filmmakers.

what is dan kwan wearing and where can i get it?

Oh wow, Repo Man was a pleasant surprise. That's one of my favorites too, so shout out to their friend.

I love the Before... triology too :3

The Daniels are finally at the Criterion Closet Club.

On the channel can you do like a 360 of the closet so we can look threw the movies and feel like we're in the room and browsing 😆

great picks!!

That Tampopo trivia about Hiro Murai's dad is crazy...

Awkwafina's comedy series NORA FROM QUEENS was absolutely hilarious, and The Daniels stepped in to direct one of the very best episodes, called 'Grandma and Chill' from season one.

Based Before Midnight enjoyed. My favorite of the trilogy as well. Also grew up renting all the old Godzilla movies from the public library and watching them with my cousin.

These guys are so awesome

Tampopo is one my favourite movies of all time!

Updating my watchlist at the speed of light

Dan Kwan is such an attentive listener. I love seeing that.

great video of yours as always

Police Story is one of my top films, amazing.

I remember watching Police Story on vhs but it was the American version and it was called Police Force. That’s the version I grew up on. I can’t find it anymore tho. 😢

I am now anticipating the Daniels to make a Kaiju film that will make me cry somehow. I know if they did it they would do it.

Police Story 1,2,3 dropped on 4K last year from Eureka!. Now if Criterion would drop the OUATIC box set in 4K that'd be swell ✨

love these guys

Watching Tampopo tonight!

Nice! The Daniels are in the closet!

If only EEAAO would be on Criterion... still waiting for the A24 bluray.

Always happy to see repo man lovers

Fantastic!

This made my day😊

These guys are a great vibe, I hope they continue making brilliant films

Fuck yes Repo man getting some love

One step closer to a EEAAO or Swiss Army Man release.

I liked them. Now love them.

Before the video started I turned to my partner and said "If one of these guys doesn't pick or mention being influenced by Tampopo in some way I'm gonna be surprised." Glad I wasn't surprised.

Please criteria, please come to Australia. We need your channel here!!,

This was great

Everything, everywhere, all at once...the movies in the Criterion closet.

love malcolm x, easily one of my favorite crime movies