Ranking Jorge Fons

Despite the recognition he has received in Mexico I always wondered why Jorge Fons never got wider international acclaim. Historical, controversial, emotional, yet strictly formalist. I believe his films have something which I feel is extremely rare for successful or critically acclaimed films in Mexico; they are ambitious, daring and most importantly produced independently. Thus his output was certainly limited by what he considered governments that repressed art, throughout most of the 70s and the 80s, and even if all his films are not yet listed on mubi (and I have not watched most of his shorts or documentaries), his oeuvre is indeed...