Very true arsaib4, I'm certainly guilty of this with the likes of Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, although the latter has made himself more appetizing to the general cinema goer in the UK with "Ae Fond Kiss", with these two it's a case of being faced with aspects of our own society that we would rather sweep under the carpet.

I also made the same point when talking about the Zatoichi films and the fact that they were far more popular with the Japanese audiences than 
Kurosawa's films were. 

Anyway after seeing "What time is it There", "Vive L'Amour" and "The River" I can say I appreciate his work. Unless of course he's done a Moodysson (which I'll try and see on DVD)!

Cheers Trev.