Talking About Movies

Talking About Movies

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Talking About Movies
  • David Lynch and Naomi Watts on MULHOLLAND DR.

    These interviews with director David Lynch and actor Naomi Watts were conducted in February 2015 in Los Angeles.

  • David Lynch and Jack Nance on ERASERHEAD

    Director David Lynch and actor Jack Nance take a drive to one of ERASERHEAD’s locations in this excerpt from an episode of the French television program “Cinéma, de notre temps,” recorded in 1988 and broadcast on April 23, 1993.

  • David Lynch on LOST HIGHWAY

  • David Lynch on THE GRANDMOTHER

  • ERASERHEAD Reunion

    This footage shows director David Lynch, actors Jack Nance and Charlotte Stewart, and director's assistant Catherine Coulson revisiting the locations at the AFI in Los Angeles where they made ERASERHEAD over the course of four years. The interviews were conducted by Toby Keeler for his 1997 docum...

  • David Lynch on THE AMPUTEE

  • ERASERHEAD Stories

    This documentary, "ERASERHEAD" STORIES, about the production of the film, was made by David Lynch in 2001.

  • David Lynch and Frederick Elmes on ERASERHEAD

    This interview with director David Lynch and cinematographer Frederick Elmes was shot in 1979 by filmmaker Tom Christie for his television production class at UCLA. It takes place at one of ERASERHEAD’s locations in Los Angeles, where the Beverly Center shopping mall now stands.

  • David Lynch on THE ALPHABET

  • David Lynch on SIX MEN GETTING SICK

  • David Lynch on PREMONITIONS FOLLOWING AN EVIL DEED

  • Cast and Crew on TAKE OUT

    In this new documentary, produced in 2022, directors Sean Baker and Shih-ching Tsou and actors Charles Jang, Wang-Thye Lee, and Jeng-Hua Yu consider the making of the film and its importance in their lives since.

  • Evan Dalton Smith on Andy Griffith

    A FACE IN THE CROWD was Andy Griffith’s first film role; he would go on to be most famous for his folksy portrayal of Sheriff Andy Taylor on television’s “The Andy Griffith Show.” In this interview, shot in 2018, Griffith expert Evan Dalton Smith discusses the actor's difficulties with the role o...

  • Molly Haskell on RED RIVER

    In this 2014 interview with critic Molly Haskell, the longtime champion of Howard Hawks discusses RED RIVER in relation to the western genre and gender politics and expresses her appreciation for the filmmaker.

  • Toni Servillo on THE GREAT BEAUTY

    Primarily a stage actor until he starred in Paolo Sorrentino’s 2001 film ONE MAN UP, Toni Servillo has since collaborated with the director several more times. In this interview, conducted in November 2013, Servillo discusses his work with Sorrentino, especially in THE GREAT BEAUTY.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto on MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE

    In this interview, conducted in New York in 2010, actor and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto discusses the score for MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE.

  • TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME Actors’ Roundtable

    The following interview from 2014 features director David Lynch and actors Ray Wise, Grace Zabriskie, and Sheryl Lee.

  • Clu Gulager on THE KILLERS

    This interview with Clu Gulager was filmed for the Criterion Collection by Gulager’s sons, John and Tom Gulager, in Los Angeles in the fall of 2002.

  • Hirokazu Kore-eda on STILL WALKING

    The following interview with STILL WALKING director Hirokazu Kore-eda was shot in August 2010 at the International House of Japan in Tokyo, with cinematographer Yutaka Yamazaki acting as cameraman.

  • Steve McQueen on HUNGER

    This interview with director Steve McQueen was conducted in 2009.

  • Jean-Pierre Gorin on LA JETÉE

    In 2005, filmmaker, writer, and educator Jean-Pierre Gorin spoke with the Criterion Collection about LA JETÉE and the work of director Chris Marker. His observations are presented here.

  • Constance Towers on THE NAKED KISS

    The following video interview with star Constance Towers was conducted in 2011 by film historian and filmmaker Charles Dennis.

  • Reese Witherspoon on ELECTION

    This interview with actor Reese Witherspoon was conducted by the Criterion Collection in Los Angeles in August 2017.

  • Joel and Ethan Coen with Megan Abbott

    In this conversation, recorded in the summer of 2024, author Megan Abbott discusses NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN with filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen.