Surely we all agree he is the most supremely gifted big movie director Generation X. By quite a long margin. Usually talent of that magnitude manifests in trolls like Tarantino or Sidney Lumet or Fellini or Spielberg, etc. But Anderson is a prince. Kubrick was also handsome before baldness set in and he decided to look like a humorless rabbi for the remainder of his days. Also, I had always assumed Anderson was gay because of his flamboyant personality and the uniquely warm tone of 'Boogie Nights' seems very queer. But apparently he nailed Fiona Apple and put several babies up inside Maya Rudolph, so apparently not.