Director Jim Jarmusch stranger than paradise, prohibited by lawand dead man— recently stepped into his Criterion Collection closet to share the films that shaped his aesthetic sensibilities. Over the next three minutes, Jarmusch pays homage to Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1960s film box set, along with the films of Andrei Tarkovsky. mirror, put it higher stalker and Andrei Rublev. Along the way, he name-checks many other classics. He concludes, holding a bag full of DVDs. “I love Criterion. I always say the Criterion Channel is my drug of choice.” Interested parties can start watching movies on Criterion Channel’s streaming service by: Sign up for a free trial here.
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