Johnnie To’s Closet Picks

The legendary director shares the importance of learning from the work of Krzysztof Kieślowski, talks about how STRAW DOGS sparked his desire to pursue filmmaking, and selects box sets by two of his favorite filmmakers, Martin Scorsese and Masaki Kobayashi.

[josephhallify]

Really happy to listen Cantonese in this channel.
好開心可以喺呢度聽到廣東話😊

[johnta]

Election, Election 2, and Exiled all need to be on Criterion.

[LeBronKK]

"In the future, I'll make a black-and-white movie."

I will be waiting.

[zackmichelson]

You know, Johnnie To being a mix of Kurosawa, Scorsese, and Kieslowski makes a lot of sense

[justinbohna]

He was Very passionate about these.I feel the need to watch all his picks.

[anthtan]

Can we get John Woo and Wong Kar Wai in here next? Santa, please?

[marktsang]

He makes Hong Kong people proud. We feel so grateful to have him 😇

[annanip]

Mr To is someone who is fully passionate, hard working and very talented individual in the filming production industry, he truly love his job and care for the younger generations who are currently working in the field. He has the bravery to speak up for the issues in Hong Kong Filming Industry which deserve absolute respect by a lot of Hongkongers. I wish all the best to him.

[Thecuervogold]

This is some serious unintentional ASMR

[tcrime]

Love this guy. One of his films that doesn't seem to get much mention is Drug War, a very cool hardboiled crime movie with a brutal edge to it.

[nskskfj-fy]

To sir, thanks for loving Hong Kong, Hong Kong(ers) love you too.❤

[PHF]

I love his films. Glad to see him here. Really talented, versatile, and unique director.

[Advent]

One of the coolest and greatest to ever pick up a camera

[KUNGFUBOB]

Watching this brought me pure joy. Johnny's picks are awesome. And wow, what a fantastic voice he has. I'd forgotten as it's been a long time since I saw him in an interview.

[ruffdraft]

The man looks very well indeed. The excitement on his face when picking up the films he wanted to watch. He was like a teenager all over again you could see it in his eyes. Bless Johnnie To legendary filmmaker

[Jurry]

Woah. Legendary. To is one of the most consistent filmmakers of the last 50 years imo.

[MDMoshiur-ju]

His voice is so soothing. I can listen to him speak all day.

[George-at-Circus-HQ]

Most worthy visit the closet has had for a while. A genuinely great film director.

[CultureDTCTV]

I've never see To sir this happy lmao, he's always swearing and grumpy on set but when faced with good cinema, he's like a happy fanboy. Love his films.

[mishtaromaniello]

I love the way he introduces his name, he just oozes coolness.