This quote from The Guardian interview dated 11.13.16
"There’s probably more talented people making films today than there were back then (1970s),” says Schrader. “The biggest and only difference – and people don’t understand this – was the audiences were better. The audiences were going through social uncertainty and they wanted artists to help them out. And the moment that a society turns to artists for answers, great art emerges.”
Sure sounds like our time. Will people rely on artists again "for answers" in the age of Drumpf?