Agree on you with some things, but every film has a rhythm, as films progress through time. If the director is imo unsuccessful in this way,...
There is no textbook on pacing. What has Hitchcock to do with Barney's films??
And of course they are regular films. Didn't see anything irregular in them.
Why should he be subtle just because one cannot decode his "symbols" easily? I find his approach very straightforward and unsubtle - which isn't bad as I said before.
And I couldn't see his film as installation art...
What do you mean??