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Paul Schneider

American actor; co-wrote and starred in All the Real Girls (2003), played Dick Liddil in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) and Mark Brendanawicz in Parks and Recreation (2009 to 2010).

3 things

The Thin Blue LineOther Errol Morris

loved

With the Rashomon-like changing re-creations, the doomy circularity of Philip Glass’s score, the dead-wrong psychologizing of the Dallas detectives, and some of the greatest dialogue ever not written for film, The Thin Blue Line builds a sense of impending dread better than the clicking incline of a dilapidated roller coaster.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Paul Schneider, the entry for The Thin Blue Line.

2016-02-25·criterion.com ↗

The Night of the HunterOther Charles Laughton

loved

The Night of the Hunter’s river sequence and the title sequence of To Kill a Mockingbird are the truest portrayals of childhood that have ever been captured on film.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Paul Schneider, the entry for The Night of the Hunter.

2016-02-25·criterion.com ↗

Tokyo OlympiadOther Kon Ichikawa

liked

In Tokyo Olympiad, it was finally handled by an artist of the caliber the event deserved.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Paul Schneider, the entry for Tokyo Olympiad.

2016-02-25·criterion.com ↗

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