The death of independent cinema.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

So who are the Tarantinos and Rodriguez of today?

[Mr-K]

What should I watch? lol transformers 2

The last movie I saw alone was I'm Not There, lol

[Josh]

I think I would prefer to go to a concert by myself for some reason. I rarely, rarely, rarely go though.

October 21st. Ottobar.

[Frogacuda]

So who are the Tarantinos and Rodriguez of today?

Tartantino and Rodriguez are still the Tarantino and Rodriguez of today. They've got that niche well covered.

[Doc Holliday]

The niche of enflaming internettians?

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

Not really. They both came on the scene with relatively low budget action-y fare. Where's the El Mariachi or Reservoir Dogs of today? Shit, even Desparado was a "cheap" movie that looked like it had a bigger budget than it did.

[Doc Holliday]

Shane Carruth, Jody Hill, and Jared Hess?

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

Primer was cool, I've heard good things about The Foot Fist Way, and Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre can suck a dick.

[Doc Holliday]

Napoleon Dynamite was cool until The Foot Fist Way did country humor 10x better.

Auteurs seem to come in waves. The NY guys in the seventies and RR&QT in the nineties. We'll probably have to wait a few more years before some really cool low budget shit comes out. *cough* *cough*

[Frogacuda]

Not really. They both came on the scene with relatively low budget action-y fare. Where's the El Mariachi or Reservoir Dogs of today? Shit, even Desparado was a "cheap" movie that looked like it had a bigger budget than it did.

Guy Ritchie was kind of that guy for a few years. There are still a lot of good low budget crime films now, but as far as someone who's made a big name for themselves I can't think of anyone.