I've seen this movie exactly once - in a film class as an undergraduate in Texas. My professor gave us the option of viewing or not viewing, but he really didn't prepare us for the actual content of the film. It's a very long film and by the end of it, more than half the class had left, most...
I'm a bit surprised that no one's yet mentioned the whole Director's Guild Award brouhaha. In case you missed this, here's the best piece I was able to dig up on it:
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Los Angeles Times
February 1, 2000, Tuesday, Home Edition
DEBATING AN ICON'S GENIUS...