since i've participated in this message board there have been a lot of wild generalisations about "best" director's and so on. while not wanting to contribute to the spaghetti of such practices, it does stimulate a good level of discussion among us all. so i thought i'd stoop and craft a question slightly similar but with the expectations that we'll have a serious amount of argument and opinion about the matter. the question is: Which living filmmaker's last four films (with the most recent made no earlier than 1996) as a set of works have achieved the highest levels of cinematic expression in terms of a) Intensity of Effect, b) Complexity, c) Originality, and d) Unity of Effect. The filmmaker must have made at least 4 films to date. Now - I have to ponder who on earth I would choose. . . Hope it's fun.