Sometimes it seems arthouse films are an excuse to be lazy >point

It'll either come off as pretentious or it wont.

I think its all about atmosphere and that kind of thing.

>>87247836
you forgot
>can't think of an ending? No problem! Just keep it open

>>87247836
I think that you have to change your whole mindset on films in general.

You are only consuming films, not experiencing them. Films are merely plot points for you that you need to decipher. I would presume you even half watch them on a laptop/computer screen with one earbud on.
Be aware that there is no definitive answer to every frame in most great films, start to think of them as an experience and treat them like that.
Looking for a singular universal "hidden meaning" is a pretty surface-level way of thinking. Movies aren't puzzles which you have to put together in a certain kind of way to "get" them.

Your points are only valid for student films where they think that holding on to a whatever pretty shot for 45 seconds makes the scene good just because of that alone.
Also what's bad about little dialogue if it fit's the narrative?

>>87248135
You assumed too much.