Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life - The Directors Series -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLq-3X9GYrY 

Filmmakers like Malick are vital to the growth and evolution of cinema as an art form. This is why he needs to be protected at all costs, and given whatever he needs to make his work. Also, for him to lose out to 'The Artist' for the Best Director nod is one of the many signs that the Academy is more susceptible to industry lobbying rather than the unbiased appreciation of film achievements.