If I know that the same man who made the Villiage made this movie, am I really going to enjoy it knowing he never made anything better than this movie, and that it may not be as good as it was considered back in 1999? I'm sure some people wouldn't be bothered by this, but unfortunately I would.

Look at The Matrix, for example. You might enjoy it in spite of the two sequels that followed, or you might think there is no merit in watching it because what followed in the story taints what came before. Now I have actually seen The Matrix after Reloaded/Revolutions came out, and I guess I enjoyed it, but I don't view it as people viewed it back in '99 as a revolution in cinema (like The Sixth Sense). I see it as the one accidental masterpiece from a certified hack.

In other words, the later reputation of the director seeps in to the original great work.