Rosanna Arquette

“Well, I have to ‘cause we just love her so much, Wanda. One of my favorites, I would say, Barbara Loden. Barbara Loden! And, for Wanda, that’s a great film I’ve always loved. She’s extraordinary.”

“I love Working Girls, Lizzie Borden, another great female director. This is a great film, if you haven’t seen it. She deals with sex work in a way that no one really discovered in that time. She dealt with as human beings and not in a way that was shameful. And did this years and years ago. So, Lizzie Borden.”

“I never even knew that this Cronenberg Crash was on Criterion. I’m in it, and I didn’t know that… It’s a trippy film. With Holly Hunter, James Spader, Elias Koteas. We went to Cannes and it got completely booed at the Festival, intensely. Coppola was the head of the jury, and they just were so angry– People were really, really angry about this film. But then Bertolucci was there and praised it and loved it, and it was this incredible moment. I’ll take a copy of this, thank you so much.”

“So this movie, Summertime. It’s a David Lean film. And, you know, I did this film years ago with Hal Ashby called 8 Million Ways to Die with Jeff Bridges. And he gave me this film. It was in a big cassette, giant cassette in those days, and it’s a fun, beautiful film to see. Kind of sad, but interesting.”

“I love Hal Ashby. I was so excited to work with him because of Shampoo. This film, with Warren Beatty and Julie Christie was like heaven in it. And, of course, Goldie’s always great. She’s divine. Also about Shampoo, because Hal Ashby loved to cut with music, because he was first an editor, and he was so extraordinary cutting music. And it’s the best soundtrack too. I love it. Just the ’70s, this time in LA, you know, places that… doesn’t even look– they don’t exist anymore.”

“The Red Shoes. This film I saw when I was four, and it’s really about a woman who’s had to choose between her art and her love. And she couldn’t make that choice, so… then you just have to see the movie if you haven’t. Anyway, I love this movie so much. So definitely The Red Shoes.”

“She’s a dear human in my life, on every level. But Jane Fonda in Klute is extraordinary. She’s one of the great human beings on the planet. And I’ve known her since I’m 20, and I love her so much and love her in this film. And there’s a great interview with Jane on this, which is in the Collection, so that’s really exciting.”

“Mississippi Masala. That’s fantastic. I do love this movie, so it’s great. What a great random pick.”

“We love her, right, Agnès Varda. I got to meet her. If you haven’t seen the documentary that JR did, that’s such a beautiful, beautiful film about her. And he got her, she got him. And they were soulmates in The Most Beautiful way. And I just love all her movies. I love Vagabond. She was just one of my faves, so… Take this one.”