I have no idea what politics has to do with Welles’ esteem. He was never really respected or supported by the Hollywood mainstream. He had trouble getting financing for his films all of his life. Studio heads regarded him as a bad investment.
Also, Welles didn’t write or direct ‘The Third Man’. ‘Touch of Evil’ is a masterpiece which looks ahead to David Lynch (another guy you probably think is a ‘bore’). Welles never directed a bad feature film. ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’ is awesome even in its butchered form. His three Shakespeare films are the ideal (and preferable to anything Olivier or Branagh ever did). ‘The Trial’ is as good as any Kafka put on screen and ‘F For Fake’ is a marvel of making something out of nothing.
OK.
You've done it now. I can barely stop laughing long enough to type.
As for David Lynch: more of the Emperor's New Clothes. His one decent film was Dune [which he obviously did not write], which was actually done better as a Syfy miniseries.