Responding to Randy's post about "filmmakers of the past Just a couple of questions about things that weren't entirely clear to me: (But first, a disclaimer) I would never argue that Welles wasn't a great filmmaker, and I don't know if comparing Welles and Tarantino has any relevance at this point, but Is Coppola already a filmmaker of the past? Is an extensive liberal arts education--knowledge of literature or even film history--a prerequisite for great filmmaking? Besides, some of the really early greats didn't have an extensive knowledge of film history b/c there wasn't much to have. Doesn't it seem that nearly everything about P.F. indicates a fair knowledge of film/tv/pop culture history--at least American and French New Wave stuff? Just curious, M3