` Visconti and Ray, Straub and Huillet can be removed if you feel it's improperly sourced but Morris, Altman, Truffaut and Bogdanovich clearly all state being influenced by Renoir and as such qualify to be there. I'm puzzled why you question Altman so much... is stating that he learned EVERYTHING somehow not enough for you? i'm sure you know he is also on record as quipping ``Rules of the Game taught me the rules of the game`` and as for Rohmer, remove him if you will but i don't believe you really question he was influenced by Renoir, Rohmer was a major figure of the French New Wave was he not? Poetic realism was a major influence on the French New Wave was it not? Jean Renoir was a major figure of Poetic realism was he not?`