The Double Life of Véronique

“This might be my favorite movie of all time, The Double Life of Véronique by Kieślowski. I saw this… I was probably, like, 13 or 14, and I remember watching the movie and just saying to myself, 'I didn’t know that was possible. I didn’t know you could make a movie like that.' And the score is one of my favorite scores of all time. It’s by the Polish composer Zbigniew Preisner, and just a total masterpiece.”

“The Double Life of Véronique. My parents showed me the Double Life maybe I was 13 and I was blown away. I was really drawn to a female lead, to the metaphysical aspects, but also the groundedness and the beauty. We would write something and call Irène Jacob and be like, 'Do you want to come play with us because we love Double Life of Véronique and Red so much?' And she did. This film works because the actress at the center of this has such a purity in their soul.”

“The Double Life of Véronique. We have a great Criterion Collection story. When we had our first show in 2005, we called up Criterion and said, 'We're really inspired by Double Life of Véronique and we'd love to give out the DVD,' and they let us do that. I have a long history of connecting with this film. It's all about fractured identity. We actually really believe when we're giving this film out, this is the Homework assignment to our audience.”