Jodie Foster's Closet Picks in the Criterion Closet

Added on by C. Maoxian.

I’ve added the ten movies that Jodie Foster picked in her Criterion Closet appearance:

  • Visions of Eight

  • Three Films by Mai Zetterling

  • Parasite

  • La Haine

  • La strada

  • Essential Fellini

  • Woman in the Dunes

  • Wings of Desire

  • Berlin Alexanderplatz

  • John Cassavetes: Five Films

Jodie Foster made two original picks: Visions of Eight, and Three Films by Mai Zetterling. Jodie Foster said she has been in the business for 60 years (born in 1962) … her first commercial was at age three (Coppertone).

She also mentioned The Lives of Others, which is not a Criterion movie (but is good), and “anything by Fassbinder.” My favorite Fassbinder movie is I Only Want You to Love Me. Jodie is a Yalie (class of ‘84). “I wasn’t smart enough, deep enough, or preppy enough to belong,” she said.

Identifying whether a pick is original or not is one reason why my Master List of Closet Picks in the Criterion Closet is so valuable.