It's easy to be mean about it.

I really don't understand how or why he still gets financed.
You don't understand subjectivity either.
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Same can be said about Ken Russell. Russell's work was far too Avant-garde ,personal, visual that critics tried everything in power to destroy his work making it almost impossible to get backing. He was a genius. A misunderstood one, sadly. Proof of this is his actors big and small that appear in film after film. Both, Glenda Jackson,and Vanessa Redgrave agree with me. Women in Love is a perfect example of how much ahead of his time was. From the now classic male nude wrestling scene to the outside picnic where Alan Bates shows and tells the others how to eat a Fig. The vulgarity of that scene perfectly describes what and how Russell's future project will be. The first director to show sex for what it is and not shy away from a natural human experience.

He has to look for financing because he's always been an indie director from day one who makes exactly the kind of films he wants to make, and he is hardly "overrated" like the OP claims. Like another poster said, the only folks that really know about him and his work are films buffs into avant-garde and indie films to begin with. I've liked his films for years because of his weird, off-center deadpan approach to humor, and the fact that his films tend to usually be pretty diverse (at least a number of his best films were.) I like them to death, and liked his most recent one because it was films in the Motor City. I mean, who else but Jarmusch would make a dark, compelling drama (with a little comedy) about a depressed rock 'n roll vampire musician living in obscurity in an old Detroit neighborhood? I liked itI haven't seen most of the stuff he's made in the last decade (I like just about all his work on up until 2000) but I should check out some more of it.

His movies aren't bad. They are just very slow and very visual. It's different. I wouldn't call any of his films life changing, but they have their place.

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an idiot.
Um, yeah.

your an idiot.

Overrated by whom? The people who like his films or those who don't?
You make absolutely no sense.

Did hear his Vampire pic is interesting.

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And, I mean, can you really call him overrated? The average film-watcher has probably never even heard of the guy. His name is probably only circulated among the devout film-buffs and art-house lovers. And I feel that's just where he belongs.
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Even if you feel that a lot of his films are pointless and non-eventful, I think even the casual movie goer has to acknowledge that "Down By Law", "Dead Man", and "Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai" are all very amazing and original films. We need directors like Jim Jarmusch around, he may not appeal to everyone, but he's certainly a breath of fresh air compared to most film makers. I'd say he's on par with someone like Richard Linklater.
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I really don't understand how or why he still gets financed.
There's probably a huge list of things you don't understand.

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I love this comment.

If you come out of a movie feeling disappointed, look no further than your expectations and preconceived ideas of what the film would be to find the culprit of the problem.
If you don't like it, that's fine, but don't say he's overrated just because a lot of people like him and you don't.
Art is subjective my friend and you can't make everyone happy.

well some of us do, your loss

No, he's not. He is one of the best modern directors. Especially if it comes into independent or art-house films.
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Yes because, if you don't like the hack Jim Jarmusch, then you obvious like the hack Michael Bay. beep off.

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Ha! You know, Tarantino once made fun movies, but I'm not digging his recent historical films much. I have never understood the appeal of Wes Anderson, however. He truly makes films for the 1%, as his characters in Royal Tennenbaums and Darjeeling Limited best exemplify.

Yup, add to the collection Wes Anderson and Tarantino too