The actor and musician shares his love for Tom Waits in DOWN BY LAW, reminisces about watching THE BROOD in the cinema as a child, and champions the rebellious spirit of THE GREAT ESCAPE.
Now streaming on the Criterion Channel:
DOWN BY LAW
THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE
THE BROOD
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Thank you John C. Reilly (and Criterion)!
I will always like him as Wreck-It Ralph.
Still like him as Wreck-It Ralph.
For yer film! Ya dingus.
He said it felt like tripping on mushrooms like he knows what that is like.
Taquito.
Me too! Jaws scared me to death only 10 at the time.
Down By Law was a great movie!
Ngl, i could see John in a Punk Rock concert, idk why but he has the vibe to it
Down by Law!
Some of the real guys from The Great Escape novel spoke at my college back in the day. I went to the lecture and the Q&A lasted so long I missed class that day. Worth it.
I saw Albert Brooks Lost in America, and coincidentally, I was on mushrooms . I was laughing with such delight. And then I snuck into “After Hours”, Scorsese. I never laughed so much in a 4 hr period in my life. That was a good night of tripping and watching movies.
I adore John C. Reilly but I am fed up with men only picking other men's work. We ought to be way beyond that by now. #evolve
I love how he makes such a distinction in those line readings. So important and so different
It genuinely always weirds me out a lil seeing him normal and not acting like a weirdo or like hes disabled
I knew exactly what you were going to say about Waterfront. Somebody makes me cry every time too. Brando makes me cry.
I love John C Reilly. The Pennywise hair is so fitting.
Defending your life is fantastic
I saw Jaws when it first came out while on vacation in Wildwood NJ, I was 7. My Dad made us see it. None of us kids would go near the water the entire week we were there
I have seen the great Escape and watched on YouTube. Great and sad movie and well directed.
Never say you need to be beautiful to make it in Hollywood
Love these picks
Defending Your Life! My all-time fave comedy I think – right next to The In-Laws (Arkin/Falk)
I didn’t see this comming. What a treat.
The hardest I ever laughed during a movie was Jackass 2.
The Great Escape! Amazing pick
Ok I can't wait to watch Defending Your Life after hearing his description 😂
You are an interesting dude!
Great pick right out the gate!
guy's a hunk
Great picks!!! John C Reilly is the best
Marvellous
SOUTHSIDE!
That vest makes up for the hair. 😂👍🏻👍🏻
Love him more after watching this
jarmusch is soooooo pretentious
what a sweet guy with a kind heart. karl malden on the side of righteousness, beautiful.
Ben Gazzara mentioned
Great actor. Can do Drama and Comedy flawlessly.
Just stumbled across this series yesterday. I LOVE this set up. Thank you, Criterion.
Love this. So much better than someone who just picks movies and says they are great. He is so special!
I saw John C. Reilly as Stanley Kowalski in a revival of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' about 20 years ago. He is a great stage actor in addition to his film work.
I'm not sure what he means around 3:30 in – I'm pretty sure everyone understands the line the way he understands, and is delighted by it, so what is the misreading he is talking about? Is he saying that the line wasn't originally meant to said in that manner? Or does he think that people misunderstand how it appears in the picture?
Just watched the Paul Rudd, Lisa Kudrow and now John C. Reily's criterion video back to back, so I got to see three different people select "Defending Your Life" back to back and hear their reasonings and appraisal, weird coincidence. But I guess I really should watch that film if it's being recommended this much, must be sign or something lol.
If you haven't seen, watch "Hard Eight" ya'll. Great performance by John in that.
"be careful what movies you sneak into, kids" lmao
He’s like a genius who tries to trick people into thinking he’s dumb
On the Waterfront features horrible overacting.