Except for Hal Hartley.

While I don\’t quite *love* Hartley\’s work, he\’s probably the only major indie auteur of that era who\’s stayed utterly true to his artistic principles. No commercial products or prestige pics for him. He\’s also been criminally overlooked by critics who think quirky deadpan New Wave-inspired comedies began with Wes Anderson.

That said, he is forgetting Jim Jarmusch. I would not say Jim Jarmusch sold out so much as found a way to stay true to his vision and still get distribution. Ferrara has filmmaking talent. But doesn\’t want to play the game. But sometimes you have to just a little.

on ferrara, he\’s a cool guy. \’dangerous game\’ is underrated and all his other work is good. \’bad lieutenant\’ is forever hardcore. keitel kills it.