Andrew Stanton’s Closet Picks

[@artofsam]

I like Andrew Stanton he doesn’t get enough props for his filmmaking work, Wall-E and Nemo as well as all his other input is some of the best stuff Pixar has done and John Carter is massively underrated it deserved more love on its release.

[@h0lly_blue]

I've been meaning to get to John Carter at some point, I've heard... very _middling_ things about it but I don't think from first glance it's as bad as the vitriol it gets for either being convoluted or inaccurate or whatever plus, I mean, Willem Dafoe - you can't go wrong there

[@daviswiggin4425]

@@h0lly_blue it's good! Is it a masterpiece? No. But it's a totally solid adventure pic and a faithful adaptation of the novel.

[@gregbors8364]

@@h0lly_blueI think “John Carter” is a very fun fantasy film, and I assume that it bombed mostly due to lack of studio promotion and a boring title. I enjoyed seeing it on the big screen.

[@darktrain1971]

love john carter..it's a great fantasy..i'd have loved to have spent more time in that world

[@brucegrossman3531]

Blame Disney marketing. They were scared to call it A Princess of Mars or even John Carter of Mars

[@gnalkhere]

Dude was there for Brazil's surprise screening?! Might've been like buying a copy of Velvet Underground & Nico upon initial release

[@MsModestyBlaise]

Wow! This is one of my favourite Criterion Closet picks for ages, as are Andrew’s amazing choices. Straight in with Paper Moon and a story about what connects him to each movie. This is how it’s meant to be done - more story, less grabby.

[@M0rteze]

I used to work at the AMC theater close by to Pixar studios. We would always have Pixar employees come by whenever a big movie came out. I remember working the concession stands for one of my shifts and I saw three guys all in blazers come up to the line. They were all wearing masks so I couldn't see exactly who they were but I just knew they had to be from Pixar. When it was their turn to order food, one of them came forward to order for everybody else. It didn't hit me until after they left that the guy I was talking to was Andrew Stanton. I was blown away! Edit: Btw if any Pixar employees are reading this, I’d love to get a tour of the studio 😂

[@StevenRubio]

This makes me laugh, because that is "our" theater. Never saw anyone famous there, though.

[@sarahbgln]

What movie were they seeing, do you know

[@M0rteze]

@ it was that David Bowie movie Moonage Daydream

[@CraigGood]

Andrew's a really great guy. I'm not at the studio anymore, but they had to go to a no-tours policy years ago. Just FYI.

[@joblohnny]

everyone getting Local Hero makes me happy

[@waltercv]

Wall E is my favorite Pixar movie and in my top 5 of all movies ever. It's a masterful art piece like none other. The use of film language is on another level. Even though it gets a lot of love, to me it doesn't feel like it gets enough. What treat Criterion peeps. Thank you!

[@robertjosephkeil]

Agreed on all counts. Wall-E is a brilliant movie, regardless of genre and time period.

[@ggthewhale]

Preach brother PREACH

[@rubberblubber]

John Sayles and his films deserve all the love in the world.

[@SuperAdamh1]

Can Criterion do Brother From Another Planet - please

[@leocoh89]

Absolutely. Arguably the best American writer director of the last 45yrs. I'm biased haha.

[@TomVCunningham]

I need a "The Secret Of Roan Inish" release.

[@leocoh89]

@TomVCunningham only on dvd at the moment. Along with so many of his great films. Men with guns, passion fish, limbo, sunshine state, and brother from another planet, as you know, sir.

[@Dej24601]

@@TomVCunninghamyes! 💚💚💚💚💚

[@ottow5591]

Watching the supplement videos on WALL-E you get a great sense of the grit and skill Andrew brings to his films. One of a kind 👏🏻

[@SlartiMarvinbartfast]

Definitely, and I have to say that WALL-E is a masterpiece.

[@Jonathanest90s]

I just met Andrew Stanton back in August. He’s awesome.

[@crackstuntman22]

Andrew, I know you can't see this but I rediscovered Wall-E after having not seen it in several years and it inspired me to begin pursuing animation as something I can do. Thank you Andrew, your movie saved my life. (Also, I didn't know he was one of the first to see Brazil, that's awesome! The theme was in the trailers for Wall-E)

[@SurferJoe1]

Ralph loved "Paper Moon", too! It's on my list of Ralphilms that I remember my great friend with..."The Apartment", "The Little Foxes", "The Cool Ones"...thanks for remembering him, Andrew. He loved you (and the great work you did together) a lot.

[@daviswiggin4425]

Loving the John Carter love (all three of us!) A fun, imaginative adaptation that absolutely did not deserve it's reputation.

[@NoirFan84]

Another guest picking Matewan. ❤️

[@irawolf]

And there’s the essence of all of Andrew Stanton’s films: “Who am I?”, with thanks to “Lawrence of Arabia”. I absolutely love the unguarded insight the Criterion Closet generates!

[@nicklager1666]

His comments on paper moon have me intrigued, i may have too seek that out.😮

[@jcole4517]

Same. I was already intrigued but now I HAVE to just sit down and watch this damn thing

[@john2914]

You must be quite the youngster.

[@ONEFATE9]

Stanton's work on "WALL-E" will always be my favorite . The ending credits I especially remember because the whole theater stayed to watch!

[@isaacmartinez6904]

Andrew Stanton is an icon. Love his movies like Finding Nemo and Wall-E.

[@davidhollingsworth4665]

Anyone who appreciates the genius of Albert Brooks always has my heart.

[@thevoid99]

WALL-E is my all-time favorite animated film. it is this mixture of everything that i didn't expect and needed but wow... animation was at a peak at that point until "spider-man: across the spider-verse" came out as i don't know how anyone could raise the bar of what animated films could be. i also love "finding nemo" and "finding dory" as my niece and nephew love those 2 films so thank you andrew. you got awesome tastes.

[@tdtm82]

This guy has helped me growing-up with his writing on his movies. Thank you. Toy Story was a revelation. Amazing screenplay. Sir, I appreciate it!

[@Memo2Self]

This is wonderful, and it's the first time I've actually seen everything someone picks. And when he mentions John Sayles' expertise in "multi-character narratives," I immediately thought of his "City of Hope," which hardly ever gets mentioned or remembered - that would be a great Criterion addition.

[@AFC2022]

Andrew Stanton’s Finding Nemo Criterion collection when?

[@m1thun27]

Criterion should release more animated films! Recent titles like 'I Lost My Body', 'In This Corner of the World', and 'It’s Such a Beautiful Day' would be fantastic additions to the collection.

[@MixologistMilo]

Appreciate his reasoning for why he loves Lawrence of Arabia. And his appreciation for laserdisc! ✊👏

[@paulgoodwin3640]

Defending Your Life is essential, glad to see it get love!

[@Evan_flow8]

Love what he said about Lawrence of Arabia, and have never considered Matewan. Great trip to the closet!

[@kienstar7]

Andrew Stanton deserves more flowers

[@danielgudinojuarez6729]

Yes!!! Andrew made it in, all we need now is for Pete and Brad to enter in

[@sergiorivera1656]

I think Brad would kick out the driver and take everything with him.

[@danielgudinojuarez6729]

Totally

[@ZPHammill]

EVERY CHOICE IS A BANGER. Love him and his films.

[@KRD11]

Great picks and stories as always from the closet. It’s half confessional and half beauty parlor / Barber shop for eliciting stories and reflections. Andrew is certainly a genius. I have always appreciated his commitment to the power of story.

[@Stonecutter334]

I was taken back at first. I too love Brazil and Local Hero. The man has good taste.

[@michaelthorner]

Andrew and I are obviously close in age, because all the films he saw and loved back in the day I saw for the same reasons he did. Great selection!

[@jakedee507]

Thinking in Pictures rules! It also includes the full Matewan screenplay. Highly recommended.

[@goodcatholicfun]

I am loving the high output of these videos

[@kipperbill]

I love you Andrew!!!! Happy new year!

[@Bookmarkerer]

There is a scene in Defending Your Life where Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep are sitting on or near the rim of a public square water fountain; they’re having a private conversation but you can’t hear what is being said because of the noise of spouting water flowing up and back into the fountain bowl; as Bill Wyman says in The A.R.M.S. Concert, “apart from that…”; really love this movie and Albert Brooks/Meryl Streep.

[@NoahMulder]

I can't wait for the Criterion edition of John Carter!

[@crackstuntman22]

I love that movie unironically. If you know old sci-fi, it hits right.

[@daviswiggin4425]

haha not likely but I'd buy that thing in a heartbeat

[@WorldBurningTime]

A mention of Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring?! I never hear anyone talk about those two movies! I have always hoped they would get added to Criterion as a double pack.

[@ArchieAndy27]

It's only fitting that he should have Brazil on his list! ❤ Stanton is an underrated filmmaker, imo. Brilliant choices as always!

[@jamesharrod5265]

Yes Andrew Stanton, Local Hero is the greatest!

[@treasonouspigeonpeckers957]

Paper Moon is one of my favorite movies. It is so funny and heartwarming at the same time

[@filmkid541]

Wow, in all of the years I've been watching this Andy is the closest to what I would pick. Add Paris, Texas and I would have fallen to the floor. Local Hero has always had a special place in my heart and I have actually driven to Kansas to find the last location in Paper Moon (the "road to nowhere") and photographed it. Then he added The Worst Person In The World and I was amazed - a film that just knocked me over and one that I've seen multiple times. All of his pics were great!

[@scottboswell6406]

His choices were so close to many I'd choose, it feels like he could be my brother, hahaha!! Love that he knew the release date of Paper Moon and jumped on that, the story with Brazil; for Bill Forsythe I would have picked Gregory's Girl or Housekeeping. This is a guy who will have everything he's done in the CC one day!!

[@meesalikeu]

i saw a john carter of mars free preview at the ny producers guild and loved it i never understood the weird h8 🎉

[@adamholscher3156]

Finally, or at least the first time I’ve seen the Defending Your Life pick, great film

[@matthewpaul6904]

I wonder if he heard how much Gilliam gushed over Wall-E. Would've been honored.

[@h0lly_blue]

I'd have to imagine it got back to him at some point, legendary

[@kotkaconforza]

WALL・E is one on my favourite films of all time.

[@OldBluesChapterandVerse]

Apart from using the non-word “impactfully,” this was pretty damn great. I own Thinking in Pictures and read it in college, shortly after seeing Matewan for the first time. I could argue that no film has had a more formative effect on me - as a person, as a thinker, as a citizen - than Matewan. Seeing it get the shout-outs it deserves is marvelous (I’m lookin’ at you, Winona Ryder).

[@ickyelf4549]

Sounds like you read that book rather impactfully.

[@NosnihKnight]

Would be very Interesting if Criterion brought in a Random Subscriber and let them talk about there favorite films for a couple minutes.

[@thesirms]

what a legend. more pixar in the collection please!!

[@film_magician]

Oh wow what a good get. He's so amazing.

[@harryfyhr4010]

The weirdest thing: I've never watched Local Hero,but I know Mark Knopfler's soundtrack by heart

[@BryCrowell]

We Got Lee Unkrich & Andrew Stanton, We Just Need Brad Bird & Pete Docter to be in the Closet

[@h0lly_blue]

excited to see what Andrew does with Toy Story 5 - as much as I thought 3 and 4 were both great epilogues, I'm curious to see what they can do and how many finales they can make for this franchise, and with Andrew at the helm I know it's gonna be good 'cause I trust his output we'll see how this goes y'all

[@niebuhrsongs]

Easily the most interesting Criterion Closet in a long time. Thank you very much!

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Wall-E and The Dark Knight are why the Oscars switched it to 10 Best Picture nominees.

[@DJ-Mastercode]

Cool picks from a legend. Nice

[@h0lly_blue]

THE GOAT IS IN THE CLOSET AT LONG LAST, hope he picked Wall-E lol

[@angelthman1659]

Finding Nemo is a masterpiece.

[@htunarrosa]

For real, it's time to add Woody Allen movies to the criterion collection.

[@whimbird6538]

omg - i had my very first panic attack and didn't know what it was. i thought i was dying. not kidding. you know what set it off, andrew? watching "defending your life" and getting to the reincarnation pavilion set off the biggest laughing fit me and a friend had ever had. we were sort of high btw. every time he laughed, it made me laugh more, and vice versa. we were in a hideous trap-loop. then BAM! panic attack.

[@TheVid54]

He's right about LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. MATEWAN was also great.

[@pacopanchpaquin]

Coincidentally, Wall-e is the only film from Pixar that got a release on Criterion, the best of them all.

[@vireofilms636]

Stanton Hive we win again

[@dthill96]

He doesn’t get enough credit for his work in 📺. It was because of him that I learned that in shooting 📺 you don’t show playback

[@mikesilva3868]

Nice 😊

[@chriscorley6478]

My pick? Disney's JOHN CARTER (2012) 🏆

[@AnthonyChobotdoespopcult-jz7jr]

Awesome

[@deakensomoza3305]

Tim Burton’s Closet Picks?

[@nationalcoasternews5798]

That would be awesome

[@Moviemakers05]

I wonder if this guy would be good for a justice league movie I know that’s werid but it’s interesting

[@jimreplicant]

Please criterion upgrade withnail and I , stray dog, and oliver twist to blu ray!!!

[@DanJorgenson-zc5xi]

Look! This is exactly what this format should be: Chosing favorite movies that have made a huge impact. On contrary to all participants, who picks their own films and rambles about how great they are...

[@WorldBurningTime]

Having pride in your own work is a bad thing?

[@DanJorgenson-zc5xi]

Yeah, right. Having pride when you're WORKING! Since you aparantly don't get the main idea of this concept: personal film recommendations from your own perspective. That's Not the same thing as a celebration of your own egomaniac productions. But to understand that you probably must come out of the closet...

[@DanJorgenson-zc5xi]

Yeah right. Having pride when you Working is another thing. But the main idea of this concept is to show the audience your personal preferences of films. It's Not the same thing as invited guests braging about their own productions.

[@andrewmoonbeam321]

I like the fish boy

[@achunaryan3418]

Nice

[@robertcfedele]

💯👏

[@andrewmoonbeam321]

The Nemon fish

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

It’s too bad Stanton made John Carter for Disney instead of getting a chance at making a Star Wars movie a few years later instead.

[@RichardsShortHorrorFilms]

Worst Person in the World is one of those movies where everyone who sees it has a different take. His take is much more charitable towards the main character than mine. Of course Lawrence was a pretty terrible person as well, so maybe not.

[@saintsalieri]

I haven't stopped shaking since hearing someone liken Lawrence of Arabia (the best film yet made) to The Worst Person in the World (most baffling critical darling of recent years).

[@marcusaguilar874]

Oh, why couldn’t he make the Mario movie instead with Pixar?

[@SPFinfinity]

Andrew Panton next?

[@matteobeach4261]

Please don’t fuck up Toy Story 5. That’s all I ask Andrew

[@wasnt_it]

bad taste

[@RB-.-]

Paper Moon wow great film with a beautiful style. Not a huge fan of Wall-E though. Liked it as a kid but as I got older learned how woke and anti-American the message actually is. Ive seen recently though that Pixar is trying to ease back off of the woke messaging so thats a good step in the right direction.

[@zeltzamer4010]

Supremely dumb comment.

[@dystopiabeach]

This type of culture war brain rot is so pathetic. You need to log out once in a while and touch grass. Most of the best art of all time would have you seething over its perceived "wokeness", just pure delusion.

[@h0lly_blue]

you're too online pal, get off the internet and talk to real people - judging by your comment you're still pretty young so I don't know who or what hurt you to lead you down this road but I hope you recover from it

[@RB-.-]

@@h0lly_blue Lol Nothing hurt me, I've never been more aware of whats real. thanks for the concern but im a grown man almost 20 nothing to recover from perfectly healthy

[@h0lly_blue]

@@RB-.- if you're 19 and 95% of your vocabulary revolves around the word "woke" I don't think that classifies as being particularly "healthy" - IDK if you're in a cult or your parents are taking advantage of your impressionable mind but it's not too late to come back to the light

[@fireinthesky2333]

Dookie picks

[@h0lly_blue]

you seem very mature and well-rounded

[@fireinthesky2333]

@h0lly_blue dookie post