Boo! Can't believe they overlooked Jan Švankmajer. His works were brilliant (1964-present)

Alphabetical order:
Darren Aronovsky, Jane Campion, David Cronenberg, Werner Herzog, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Takeshi Kitano, Harmony Korine, David Lynch, Lukas Moodysson, Jafar Panahi, Ridley Scott, Todd Solondz, Jan Švankmajer, Andrey Tarkovsky, Jacques Tati, Lars von Trier..

My instincts are its screen clutter. I don't really see that it adds value, and because of its position, it gains attention form the eye but doesn't really warrant it.

I have occasionally exploited comment voting to a purpose (thinking specifically of /. on the rare occasions I've read a thread, and the shear post volume ment some kind of filter was helpful).

I've not seen comment threads here that are that large, to require some kind of a filter for usability. Also, just because it has a score, is unlikely to prevent or particularly encourage the reading of a content post. If your eyes looked across to the score, your likely to read the post regardless of the scores value. Having the score is just likely to prejudicially influence you before you even start (positively or negatively).

Divergence of opinion leads to fertile discussion (beautifully illustrated by http://www.videosift.com/video/Jan-vankmajer-Dimensions-of-Dialogue) which is a good thing, and voting that discouraged that would be a negative side effect for the community.

It possibly has made me think before even making a post, but I'm not sure that would make posts I do make any better, and might actually serve to discourage new posters.

I should mention that the film is "loosely based on two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe and inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade."

In reply to this comment by Zifnab:
No, I haven't seen that film, I'll have to check it out if I get a chance. He has a very distinctive style, thanks

In reply to this comment by dotdude:
Have you seen Jan Švankmajer's feature film from 2005 called "Lunacy"? The film is interspersed with animated pieces of meat and tongues. The minute I saw the short, I knew it had to be the same director.

Have you seen Jan Švankmajer's feature film from 2005 called "Lunacy"? The film is interspersed with animated pieces of meat and tongues. The minute I saw the short, I knew it had to be the same director.