Josh and Benny Safdie’s Closet Picks

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The duo behind DADDY LONGLEGS, HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT, and GOOD TIME stopped by the Criterion closet to grab some films.

Below are (some of) their picks:
ECLIPSE SERIES 35: MAIDSTONE and Other Films by Norman Mailer
MEANTIME
A MAN ESCAPED
MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE
FOX AND HIS FRIENDS
BICYCLE THIEVES
WALKABOUT
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH
BLOOD SIMPLE
THE PLAYER
IL POSTO
TESS
L'ARGENT

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i love this kind of film buff. not snobby and elitist about their craft, just pure excitement and joy from their field.

Jbar

My thought always, "I am such a film buff"

When I watch one of these videos, "I've heard of none of these."

billyrock

Okay, so I've gone through this footage a few times, because I have no life, and compiled a list of all movies either mentioned or seen in their hands:
Dressed to Kill
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Godzilla
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
David Lynch: The Art of Life
12 Angry Men
Eclipse Series 35: Maidstone and Other Films by Norman Mailer
Meantime
The Executioner
A Man Escaped
Scanners
My Beautiful Laundrette
Fox and His Friends
Bicycle Thieves
Cameraperson
Valley of the Dolls
Eclipse Series 33: Up All Night with Robert Downey Sr.
Badlands
Blind Chance
Stalker
Walkabout
Short Cuts
The Moment of Truth
Do the Right Thing
Fishing With John
Sid & Nancy
Dr. Strangelove
The Fisher King
Blood Simple
The Kid
The Player
Macbeth
Dheepan
Shoah
Mulholland Drive
All That Jazz
The Squid and the Whale
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Il Posto
My Life as a Dog
Tess
Being There
Insomnia
L'argent
Wise Blood
Love Streams
Eclipse Series 29: Aki Kaurismäki's Leningrad Cowboys
Eraserhead
Something Wild

There are others I can't identify though.

lyricsfromsweden

The Safdies are like characters in their own films.

malum-inse

I wish I had a brother that I could geek out to movies with..

MrBoteee

I honestly hope GOOD TIME gets a release on Criterion.
Phenomenal film.

TheLnw

They are like reenacting the heist scene from their movie

simonwilliamdavidson

Benny was so good in Good Time. Glad I got to catch it in theaters.

nashcameronn

1. dressed to kill
2. mailer filcks
3. meantime
4. the executioner
5. a man escaped
6. my beautiful laundrette
7. fox and his friends
8. bicycle thieves
9. walkabout
10. the moment of truth
11. do the right thing
12. blood simple
13. the kid
14. the player
15. il posto
16. tess
17. l'argent
18. love streams
19. eraserhead
20. canoa
21. wise blood
22. something wild
23. quite a few other miscellaneous films

Thx-spes

It makes so much sense knowing that Josh’s favorite film of all time is Bicycle Thieves, it is in the dna of all their films especially in Good Time from the overlapping conversations, the anxiety of knowing the consequences if something doesn’t go right, the brash choices and hard to explain actions of the protagonist, the astonishingly beautiful way that it captures neorealism, to having the actors being regular people instead of trained actors, and both films discuss and take a deep look into what it means to be lower class in a society and culture that is not designed for those in poverty to succeed

morningowl

Uncut Gems is a brilliant, riveting work. They can take as many DVDs as they like.

bigneon_glitter

Its cool how these guys are basically superstars right now in the indie cinema world, but are almost completely unknown to anyone that isn't engaged in alternative films.

facehole

Probably one the best videos on the internet for a film buff or a person who thinks he's a film buff.

pulkitwadhwa

Finally a Criterion Closet episode where they act exactly as I would. I always wondered if people could take like the whole thing and well now I have my answer!

stevenecarrier