Bill Hader Visits The Criterion Collection Closet

Earlier today, the folks at Criterion uploaded another video to their Facebook wall, showing off a celebrity in their closet, picking out some DVDs and Blu-rays. This video featured Bill Hader, star of many of the Apatow films, and Saturday Night Live. The video showcases Hader’s love of Fellini, Salo, and House.

As soon as this video went up, a lot of folks on the Facebook comment thread, and on Twitter, made a lot of noise about the fact that Hader held up a copy of Salo with a blue sticker on the disc. This led many to speculate on a future Blu-ray release of Salo. Now, it turned out that the blue sticker was just a content warning that Criterion provided for that release, and was not indicative of it being a Blu-ray disc. I’ve heard through the grapevine that a Blu-ray disc is actually in the works from Criterion this year, but it seems highly unlikely that they would have a finished product this early, without any announcements or teases being made.

Looking over Hader’s IMDB page, I can’t really think of any film that he’d be visiting the Criterion offices to help promote, unless of course it’s for an upcoming comedy that he’s discussing as a favorite of his. It could also be simply that Hader was interested in visiting the offices, and this is the result.

What do you think about Bill Hader’s choices in the Criterion Collection closet? What would you pick if you had the opportunity to peruse their shelves? Are you excited about the idea seeing Salo in 1080p, and if so, what is wrong with you? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.