Alexander Payne’s Closet Picks

Ahead of the release of his new film DOWNSIZING and a new edition of his biting satire ELECTION, Oscar-winning writer-director Alexander Payne stopped by the Criterion closet to pick up some films, listed below:

- SALÒ, OR THE 120 DAYS IN SODOM
- ACE IN THE HOLE
- 3 WOMEN
- LE PLAISIR
- ¡ALAMBRISTA!
- THE BREAKING POINT
- SPEEDY
- REDBEARD
- A SPECIAL DAY
- THE EXECUTIONER

Shop Alexander's Closet Picks:

[UlrichUlrich]

Do invite PT Anderson to do one of these!!

[willt.]

Love him to death, but he definitely comes off like someone who's made a movie about wine tasting.

[winthiscar]

I wish Alexander Payne could stay like one hour in that closet to speak about the movies he likes and got inspired by. He has such a unique and human voice that you’d wonder his sources. I love “Sideways”, “Election” (glad that Criterion’s releasing it) and “The Descendants”.

[MechaGodzilla]

I love that like 90% of the people who get to do these pick Salò.

[franzchick]

I want more of alexander payne pronouncing italian and spanish titles!

[jayr]

Every closet guest guiltily mentions something as an "obvious choice" and proceeds to pick up some classic I've shamefully never heard of :P
Love this series so much.

[basbah]

I wish I had friends I could talk about Salo with

[TheBluRayCritic]

"Sideways" needs the Criterion treatment, love that film! One of Payne's finest works.

[kraszyfox]

I was an extra on his new movie The Holdovers and it was such a cool experience especially because I got to shake his hand, and talk to him about film since I make short films of my own overall very amazing experience

[marshmallowlover]

Well, he says you don't wanna have too much crap in life and then he takes Salo.

[memorandom]

Can we _please_ get more Criterion releases in the UK/Europe? Seriously.

[randmiller]

Nice shout-out to Red Beard. Waiting for the Blu-ray, guys!

[ianjohnson]

Sideways is one of my all-time favorite comedies. Perfect film

[samanthaulatowski]

I'll sign up for Alexander Payne's film history class yesterday.

[DungeonStudio]

Downsizing looks to be a interesting flick. And kudos to Criterion for issuing Election, which is a unsung gem!. One recommendation I would suggest to Alex and Criterion - 'Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia' by Sam Peckinpah. Amazing movie that really needs the Criterion touch I'd say.

[rong]

About Schmidt and Sideways should be on Criterion Blu-ray and 4K.

[csjcsj]

This dude signed my "Election" Criterion Blu-ray, after Kent Jones' "Diane" Q&A.

[tommywiseau]

Sideways is still one of the best films this century.

[MatthewGeoffino]

I want this man to be my film professor.

[seanmatyas]

I got A Special Day as part of a lot off of eBay. No idea what it was but was blown away by the film. I love that the speeches provided a sort of soundtrack to the film making it seem claustrophobic (like they cannot escape even inside the apartment)