Peter Sarsgaard's Closet Picks

The acclaimed actor chatted with us about his fondest movie memories, including his experience of discovering art-house cinema in Catholic school.

His picks:
- LA STRADA
- THE NIGHT PORTER
- WANDA
- TRUE STORIES
- EATING RAOUL
- SAFE
- BREAKING THE WAVES

Shop Peter's Closet Picks:

[Luckyfoxoval]

He has a very mesmerizing, calming voice! Great episode!

[PentameronSV]

0:00 - *LA STRADA* _dir. Federico Fellini_ (1954)
0:12 - *THE NIGHT PORTER* _dir. Liliana Cavani_ (1974)
1:06 - *WANDA* _dir. Barbara Loden_ (1970)
1:51 - *TRUE STORIES* _dir. David Byrne_ (1986)
2:26 - *EATING RAOUL* _dir. Paul Bartel_ (1982)
3:12 - *SAFE* _dir. Todd Haynes_ (1995)
4:04 - *BREAKING THE WAVES* _dir. Lars von Trier_ (1996)

[gnalkhere]

He's really got a John Malkovich quality to him.
Also anyone who sings True Stories' praise is good in my book
0:12 BURGER KING FOOT LETTUCE

[francosierra]

I watched Safe by Todd Haynes because Gaspar Noé recommended it here and I have to say, that movie is excellent and incredibly underlooked and underrated.

[jessegrubbs]

Was pretty sure he just called out his wife for taking a shit during Wanda.

But then put 2 and 2 together, Maggie is amazing in The Deuce. One of my favorite shows lately

[silvertree]

I could listen to Peter talk for hours! That voice! :)

[angeloneto]

This man is such a gentle, sexy, clever, peaceful guy I ever saw. It's hard no to stop and pay some attetion to him whenever he opens his mouth. Absolutely Lovely!

[Jayla]

He is such a strong actor. I loved his performance in "Shattered Glass" as the magazine editor who discovers his most popular author is a fraud.

[lukess.s]

It's really weird seeing just how much of a nice and soft-spoken guy he is considering the amount of loud or violent assholes he's played throughout his career

[fruitsy]

can we PLEASE get paul thomas anderson in the closet? he would make love with the discs for 20-30 hours

[CinemaRockPizza]

A closer video - FINALLY with a good quality sound and color grading! Just wow, Criterion, you nailed it

[platonicdescartes]

The Night Porter really affected me a lot as well, happy to own that one now. I'll never understand people who think it should be banned.

[Enr]

Great choices, Peter S. “Safe” is the best movie ever made about the awful, preventable consequences of hysteria. I published a paper about the film in a psychoanalytic journal. Todd Haynes is one of a kind brilliant, interesting

[jmichaelbell]

Dear Mr. Sarsgaard,

I feel I owe you an appreciative thank you.

Breaking the Waves was a film I missed upon release, knew very little of then and subsequently, forgot. (Mea maxima culpa)
The manner in which you described the film intrigued me. “When she prays, that’s exactly how I pray.”, was the point at which this film went from ‘should see’ to ‘must see’.

[chrisreadman]

That is one attractive man. Also.. can also highly recommend Safe (1995) - he's exactly right about it. It's got a real Kubrick/Lynch feel about it.

[diamondeyes]

Breaking The Waves is such a beautiful and heartbreaking movie, in so many ways. It’s in LVT’s top 3 best in my opinion.

[skjones]

True Stories is one of the most delightful, colorful and musically fantastic films ever. John Goodman such a sweet bear!

[gavinhenderson]

Love him, one of my favourite character actors. Particularly pleased to see his love for Safe, Eating Raoul, La Strada and Safe.

[evanbieder]

I like him! He's so chill, sincere, and unpretentious!

[noahmcclintock]

Just watched Breaking the Waves last night actually. Great movie.