Patton Oswalt's Closet Picks

The actor and comedian gravitates to 1940s film noir, the “weirdly timely” shock comedy of John Waters, and movies with memorable soundtracks.

[KinoBrava]

"Whoa! Fuck me up, Ozu!"

Quick, someone put that on a t-shirt!

[ehhhhhhhhhh]

Just 'cause I know I'll want to come back to Patton's picks in the future:

0:00 Forty Guns (1957, Western) Samuel Fuller
0:48 Detour (1945, Film Noir) Edgar G. Ulmer
1:32 Female Trouble (1974, Comedy/Crime) John Waters
2:00 The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952, Drama) Yasujirō Ozu
2:26 Le Samouraï (1967, Crime) Jean-Pierre Melville
2:58 Frownland (2007, Comedy) Ronald Bronstein
3:28 Paleflower (1964, Action) Masahiro Shinoda
4:02 Dekalog (1989, Drama Mini Series) Krzysztof Kieślowski
4:17 One False Move (1992, Crime) Carl Franklin

[nv]

I read his book on being addicted to movies. He's an og citerion collection supporter. The book is a memoir and he literally notes when Criterion Collection movies started coming out. I'm so happy he's in the closet

[roncinephile]

Surprised this episode wasn't an hour long knowing Patton's film nerdiness.

[thepaulhenderson]

Criterion needs to make longer, uncut edits of these available. Especially when it comes to people like Patton who obviously know their shit. P.S. He's this way with comic books, too!

[corbinmarkey]

Patton Oswalt and Bill Hader should start a movie podcast. I would listen to nothing but that.

[AJ-qqjo]

Female Trouble is criminally overlooked, I'm glad to see it finally get some recognition. My all-time favourite comedy!

[andruwxx]

Patton gets an invite but Rich Evans is continually shut out. I want an RLM in the closet vid.

[bshef]

-Forty Guns (western)
-Detour (Film Noir)
-Female Trouble (John Waters)
-The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (Yasujirō Ozu)
-Frownland (yikes!)
-Paleflower (Japanese crime)
-Dekalog: aka-The Ten Commandments and The Decalogue-1989 Polish drama television miniseries directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
-One false move (Carl Franklin, Bill Paxton, crime Film)
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[CaesiusX]

He hasn't kept his favorites a secret, but this is his chance to aim a spotlight on a few gems and we benefit!

[filmbuff]

The praise he gave for Bill Paxton was nice. It still saddens me he is no longer with us.

[fernandooliveiralino]

Actually, Ozu used to pan quite a bit in his earlier films, but still, so damn funny! In my mind I'd never imagined I'd hear the words "Fuck me up Ozu". God bless you, Patton.

[Iker]

He was so great in Young Adult.. a pretty overlooked film

[conflictmagazine]

Much love for Detour…it always gets overlooked and I have used it to turn others onto Film Noir because it’s like suspect zero…it hits all the beats, covers all the tropes and the best part is the original is public domain so you can send someone home with a copy of the film to start their own collection and then upgrade their copy later.

[brentstantonfun]

I got to work with Sam Fuller on my 1st Film as a PA. The movie was Imaginary Crimes and the Director, Anthony Drazen found out he could get Sam as an actor for a day, so he wrote a scene into the film just for him. I don’t think he ever intended to have the scene cut into the film. He just wanted to spend a day and work with Sam fuller. Sam was great. He showed up and wore his own clothes for the scene. Spoke what ever He wanted to say. And pretty much did what ever he wanted to do! Lol. It was baffling and funny for a kids first time working on a film. I had no idea what was going on. Lol. And of course Sam held a cigar in his teeth the whole time…. He was the atypical Grumpy ole man who couldn’t be told what to do. Lol. That whole time with him On Set was crazy. Sam did what ever He wanted. Said when the scene was done and then left. He was his own man. And from what I understand, Sam was used to working this way. And was the last of the old Hollywood directors who had this kind of crazy control over his work. Lol. I’ve had a blessed career in film. I was blessed that this was one of my earliest highlights and introductions to the medium and industry I’ve loved and has made me a living.

[KingArceus]

Pale Flower's a great pick. I got it as a blind buy and it's absolutely mesmerising.

[jackbarton]

If you haven't already, you should read Patton's memoir Silver Screen Fiend - it's brilliant! It's about his time starting as a stand-up in San Francisco and also watching movies obsessively. Lots more of the heartfelt passion seen here

[JimmyPlaylists]

Love to see _Detour_ and _Pale Flower_ get recognition! 🙏🏼

[teddykgb]

LOVE Carl Franklin. One False Move & Devil in a Blue Dress are SO good. Apparently, Patton worked with Carl on Manhunt (about the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated Lincoln), which was originally supposed to come out this month, but I'm guessing got pushed back because of the strikes 😕

[robertrosati]

I always admire everyone's restraint in the closet. If I ever got the opportunity to go into the Criterion Collection closet, I would walk out with 100+ movies.