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Oscar Isaac visits the Criterion Closet and hauls a stack of films

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Oscar Isaac visited the Criterion Closet and packed a towering stack of Criterion films in a playful video released by the Criterion Collection. He pulled titles across eras and genres, notably grabbing Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ and stuffing several other discs into a tote. Isaac joked about treating the closet like his personal library and loaded far more movies than he could carry, a lighthearted showcase of Criterion's deep catalog that invites viewers to explore overlooked classics.

Brendel
@brendelbored.bsky.social

Oscar Isaac was in the Criterion Closet and he’s the first guy who I think properly understood that he gets all the movies for free and just overloaded the bag

Oscar Isaac shoving movies into a bag that can’t take it anymore
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Brendel947

There’s a couple weird angles in it because he’s climbing all over the place getting free stuff like he’s in a Nickelodeon gameshow

nadia comanachos365

as a man who used to be in 3rd wave ska bands he knows how to pick it up pick it up pick it up.

Cheekysaurus133

I loved Bob Odenkirk's one, which was less "this film is great" and more "ooh, I want to see that one, want to have that one"

Steve Uncle84

Handling it like one of those phone booths filled with dollar bills and a fan

Jeff Moen74

The best Poe-related Criterion Closet post since this one

Kris Moyse58

Jodie Foster also understood the assignment.

Alexander Williams55

Feel like Ayo Edebiri used to hold the record

brad52

"i have most of kurosawa already oh who cares"

Joe Flynn38

He learned to be thrifty during his ska band period

Terror-Billy32

Saw an interview where he was asked if he’d ever consider being in another Star Wars movie, and he responded “NOPE!” so quickly I’m not sure if the interviewer was actually finished speaking 😂

Nathan Arizona31

bet the first one snatched was Mac and Me

Chase Burke30

Zooming out to reveal the closet has been structurally removed from the building and is in the back of a moving box truck.

Thor Benson29

Who's going to stop him? Nerds?

Dana Stevens26

My honey knows a good deal when he sees one

ZHUGE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 🌈24

he went to julliard. did you know that general brendel. a guatemalan is one of the greatest actors of our time

Kane20

Barry Jenkins also just took everything he could www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7HL...

Jeff Yorkes17

“I’m a really big fan of A through L!” (Swipes SHELVES into the tote)

Jenée 🩷💜💙16

I would treat the Criterion Closet like Super Market Sweep

Jared15

Bong Joon Ho, Barry Jenkins, and Guillermo Del Toro also took HUGE bags worth of stuff iirc. Great CCloset videos to check out.

travisms14

Hideo Kojima definitely understood, but he was aiming for things not available in Japan while also being very polite and apologetic about it www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUou...

jesse, dramatically changing display name11

i'm imagining Carl Weathers as seen in Arrested Development in the Criterion closet

Aoḋán Ó Conġaile9

I'm sure he could probably afford them, to be fair.

Dr. Mike Sell8

I would've loved going trick-or-treating with Oscar Isaac when he was a kid. Bet he *worked* that pillowcase.

Ozma8

I would be SO shameless. Don't they get these wholesale? So why not cram the bag full?

Grae Hall8

crazy that the criterion collection is just a bunch of movies and not a delicate crystal vase full of tears that have been collected from people who cried

Jake Albrecht8

Feel embarrassed to recognize You Can Count On Me from a blurry picture

Megan E. Zombi (free Link)7

Okay now that I know they can do this I have lost not a lot but the tiniest bit of respect for everybody else who's done the closet LOL

kianross.bsky.social7

Nothing beats the kids from Wolf Pack documentary where half way through they discover they are allowed to take home whatever they want and stop talking to the camera and just grab what they can off the shelves m.youtube.com/watch?v=edCT...

Missing The Point6

Oscar Isaac 🤝 Jerome Powell

Jon Hendry6

Someday this is going to get them into "all you can eat shrimp" type trouble.

Enfinity Cast6

The psychology of "unlimited free stuff" is fascinating — most people freeze up or grab randomly, but he clearly had a strategy. Makes you wonder if actors are just better at rapid decision-making under imaginary pressure.

Lore Bard6

First guy maybe, but I think Natasha Lyonne's haul still has him beat.

lawngnomesorceress6

i feel like wearing jncos would be the move here

Leah5

celebrities: They're just like us

Gino (The Manager)5

I'd be like "where's the Altman shelf, these blu-rays are like $50 a piece and impossible to find"

Rita Strack5

Oscar Isaac still has a dvd/blu ray player

Ghostdog Millionaire 🇿🇦/sa5

Guy keeps showing he is one of the most likeable actors irl

Fade Out5

I don’t get the people who pick, like, four movies and peace out.

Spicy Bonus Content4

"hey, while I'm doing this, if I could maybe get a PA to start loading that craft services table into my car that'd be great"

Brian Kenna4

Natasha Lyonne had a pretty hefty stack as well.

Kevo4

Next person from the film industry: “Somehow the Criterion Closet reappeared.”

rampancy4

I just saw this, and it was so wholesome seeing him be a literal kid in a candy store. Just hilarious and awesome seeing his bag get progressively more and more stuffed.

Gabe Graziani3

(me: in the BioWare Gear Store just before the Veilguard launch party)

Nesler3

He understood that he was cutting a commercial for them, and he intended to get paid.

Adam “Ass Building Up” James3

He’s me. He’s just like me.

Sara | Bodice Tipplers Podcast3

Pam Anderson was all “wait I can HAVE these?” Queen.

♎️Lah🐈‍⬛NEE🔮ka🔪3

Maybe the first *guy* but Ayo Edebiri absolutely cleared them out

ꀭeͤ✞ꌚe͎n̆̈ 𝕊⊍תּḋᥑy҉҉3

Alfonso Cuaron did this in the Criterion closet 12 years ago

Sun Shade3

I do not understand the impulse to give rich people free things.

ᓚᘏᗢ2

I remember someone doing that before, I don't know who it was, thou, I havent watched a lot so I maybe can look it up.

Dylan H. Ford2

The only proper thing to do.

𝖓𝖆𝖎𝖑𝖘𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙𝖌𝖑𝖔𝖜 (s̷l̷u̷t̷ ̷e̷r̷a̷) 🏳️‍⚧️🦇🖖2

I bet he knew what ones were out of print and grabbed those.

Aaron S Bell2

instead of a bag, can you roll in a small dumpster or large trash can? like, i would just sweep everything off the shelves and figure it all out later.

It's Gloria!2

I bet he has an incredible collection at home

Chuck Kistler2

Couldn’t finish moonknight. 🤷🏻. Loved the set design & cinematography of Frankenstein, & enjoyed it overall despite the “You’re the real monster!“

Tina Shackleford2

Natasha Lyonne did a true Supermarket Sweep there. Unashamedly so.

James (another one) 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰2

Definitely not a nepo baby

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