Please and Provoke

Watching Godard, Pasolini, Clair, Kobayashi, Tavernier, Varda, Malle, Dreyer, Resnais, Becker, Clement, Fellini, Antonioni, Visconti, Melville, Chabrol, Truffaut, Renoir, Bunuel, Clouzot, Monicelli, Wazda, Stemberg, Dassin, Mizoguchi, Bresson, Kurosawa, Rossellini, Herzog, Ozu, Bergman - I wonder if they established their existence by ’pleasing’ their audience or ‘provoking’ them___

Are we here to ‘provoke or please’ our circle{s} ?

This question triggered off while watching back-to-back, Godard’s Prenom Carmen and The Carabineers.