2001: A Space Odyssey; I think we all know why.

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: the way [Pedro Almodóvar] layers colors.

Gold Diggers of 1935… has this one really surreal dance number with a bunch of steps. There’s, like, a million tap dancers that go through each other. It’s kind of unreal.

The dream ballet in Oklahoma! is also an extraordinary dream ballet, with choreography by Agnes de Mille.

The same with Model Shop, another one where he does these amazing constructed worlds that operate on their own rules, which is part of what I was so interested in. Also, they’re just delicious. His movies are delicious.

Such gorgeous hair. I also wanted to bring up The Young Girls of Rochefort—I was really reminded of that.

Then, Saturday Night Fever, I always had a sense of wanting this to be a movie with an amazing soundtrack. Saturday Night Fever obviously has this incredible soundtrack by the Bee Gees.

Splash is another movie that is utterly charming and works emotionally, even though it’s so high concept and it’s down to Daryl Hannah and Tom Hanks, who are so great.

I was going to bring up PlayTime, because of the practical sets in Tati’s films.Incredible, amazing.

Oh, and also Mon Oncle—and PlayTime, which is not on this list.

It’s hilarious, but it’s just a really short thing. Grease, because Grease is great: it’s a musical about the 1950s, but made in the 1970s and everybody’s 30. Love it.

I love Pee-wee’s Big Adventure; that’s the best.

Modern Times because of all the physical humor, of course.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind is also one of my favorite movies.

Then I honestly think The Earrings of Madame de… is on there because it has the most beautiful camera work—I mean, I can’t believe some of those shots. They’re just extraordinary; it’s always a reminder of what we’re all going for.

Wings of Desire because it has conversations with an angel—that was that.

And the Ship Sails On has a great fake sea.

Then, Rear Window for builds, and seeing everything.

It’s incredible.

Twentieth Century because to me, Margot reminds me of Carole Lombard and Ryan reminds me of John Barrymore in how funny he is.

Then for The Philadelphia Story, one of the reasons I loved it—and I said to Margot to watch it for Barbie because Katharine Hepburn describes herself as being a Grecian statue or something—is she’s unflappable and then she starts falling apart, and that’s actually where she finds herself.

I think Cary Grant could make anything work, for sure. His Girl Friday is one of the best fast-talking movies of all time.

One thing I love about Heaven Can Wait is it’s extremely high concept, but it’s always human. There’s nothing about it that makes you feel distanced from it.

Yes, All That Jazz is a masterpiece. I think it’s incredible.