Not Only a Movie of Epic Style and Story, but the Response by Critics and Movie-Buffs has Become an Epic-Voice of Diverse Opinions Not Intimidated by Anything and Everything that has been Attached to this Infamous and Notorious Nut-Ball Movie-Making.
It All Happened by a Thing that Gets Repeated Now and Then with Predictable Results.
That is, a Director (Michael Cimino & Kevin Costner) has an Enormous "Hit" (The Deer Hunter (1978) & Dances With Wolves (1990)...that are Huge Box-Office-Bonanzas and Award Magnets.
It Seems that Movie-Making-Genius is in the Midst and the Keys to the Kingdom are Handed on a Silver Platter Along with a "Blank Check".
What Happens Next is Not for the Faint of Heart, Especially the Men who Backed the "Blank Check".
So Cimino, After "The Deer Hunter", Believed that He Really Was the Genius Behind that Enormously Successful Movie, took the "Blank Check" as a Justifiable Award and Ran Amuck Spending it on the Enormously Unsuccessful "Heaven's Gate". He has in His Long Career Made Only 10 Films.
Kevin Costner, After "Dances With Wolves", took His "Blank Check" He was Given as Justifiable and Made "Waterworld: (1995) and "The Postman" (1997)...'Nuff Said.
Sifting Through the Sands of Time that has Past Since the "Heaven's Gate" Scandal, it is Clear that there is a Thing that Pop-Music Calls "One-Hit-Wonders". We have Just Looked at 2 of them in the Movie-World.
"Heaven's Gate" is a Labyrinth Layered Exponentially with Questions and Exclamations.
It's a Dusty, Immigrant-Infested World in the American West where Expansion was Up for Grabs and Tribal Warfare was the Order of the Day.
It's a Murky Looking Movie with Scenes that Play-Out to Excruciating Length...Cimino the Genius wasn't About to Say "Cut"...
This was Filmed in "Genius-Vision".
Books have been Written about "Heaven's Gate" and there is a Frightening Amount of Information On-Line, if You Feel Masochistic.
Suffice to Say, at this Late-Date, The Movie, Through All the Hoopla, and for the Better and the Worst, it is Nothing More than...
Worth a Watch.
It All Happened by a Thing that Gets Repeated Now and Then with Predictable Results.
That is, a Director (Michael Cimino & Kevin Costner) has an Enormous "Hit" (The Deer Hunter (1978) & Dances With Wolves (1990)...that are Huge Box-Office-Bonanzas and Award Magnets.
It Seems that Movie-Making-Genius is in the Midst and the Keys to the Kingdom are Handed on a Silver Platter Along with a "Blank Check".
What Happens Next is Not for the Faint of Heart, Especially the Men who Backed the "Blank Check".
So Cimino, After "The Deer Hunter", Believed that He Really Was the Genius Behind that Enormously Successful Movie, took the "Blank Check" as a Justifiable Award and Ran Amuck Spending it on the Enormously Unsuccessful "Heaven's Gate". He has in His Long Career Made Only 10 Films.
Kevin Costner, After "Dances With Wolves", took His "Blank Check" He was Given as Justifiable and Made "Waterworld: (1995) and "The Postman" (1997)...'Nuff Said.
Sifting Through the Sands of Time that has Past Since the "Heaven's Gate" Scandal, it is Clear that there is a Thing that Pop-Music Calls "One-Hit-Wonders". We have Just Looked at 2 of them in the Movie-World.
"Heaven's Gate" is a Labyrinth Layered Exponentially with Questions and Exclamations.
It's a Dusty, Immigrant-Infested World in the American West where Expansion was Up for Grabs and Tribal Warfare was the Order of the Day.
It's a Murky Looking Movie with Scenes that Play-Out to Excruciating Length...Cimino the Genius wasn't About to Say "Cut"...
This was Filmed in "Genius-Vision".
Books have been Written about "Heaven's Gate" and there is a Frightening Amount of Information On-Line, if You Feel Masochistic.
Suffice to Say, at this Late-Date, The Movie, Through All the Hoopla, and for the Better and the Worst, it is Nothing More than...
Worth a Watch.