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Joel Potrykus

American writer-director from Michigan; his debut Ape (2012) won Best New Director at Locarno, followed by Buzzard (2014), The Alchemist Cookbook (2016) and Relaxer (2018).

2 things

Stranger Than ParadiseOther Jim Jarmusch

loved

I could’ve flipped a coin to choose between Stranger Than Paradise and Down by Law, but Stranger was the first Jarmusch I’d seen, and it completely changed the way I wanted to make movies.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Joel Potrykus, the entry for Stranger Than Paradise.

2022-05-27·criterion.com ↗

RoboCopOther Paul Verhoeven

loved

RoboCop has everything.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Joel Potrykus, the entry for RoboCop.

2022-05-27·criterion.com ↗

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