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Speaking of westerns...I've never seen Heavens Gate,..

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..but I did read Steven Bach's book :Final Cut, about the making of this western.
My local VS's do not carry it in stock, and I'm not about to order what most people discribe as the WORST big-buget film ever made.
For my own curiousity I'd love to catch it on cable TV some night just to see for myself.
Is it really that bad?

Russ

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Re: " Heavens Gate" - rico 12:59:36 02/15/05 (0)
This fiolm is mentioned in an interesting article on film marketing in the current New Yorker magazine.
It was the end of an era... - centurymantra 10:31:26 02/15/05 (0)
I have not seen the film, although I have been meaning to, due to it's somewhat notorious reputation. I believe that it is actually known as the biggest box-office bomb of all time at it's particular point in cinematic history with little to no precedent to match it, and this is the root of it's repuatation as one of the 'worst' films in history. It also brought about the end of the 'Era of the Director' as the power moved from the directors and their artistic vision back to the studios and their marketing machines. I have heard that the film looks great with beautiful cinematography and such, but is lacking a compelling story line.
For truly amazing cinematography and a nearly visionary unfolding of myth and magic within the context of a western film, see Harry Fonda's 'The Hired Hand'. Personally, I feel it's one of the more beautifully composed films I have ever seen.

Bryan K.,
Music Lover & President-elect of C.C.A.C. (Concerned Citizens Against Cilantro)
It used to show on TBS and/or TNT now and then - Auricle 06:57:36 02/14/05 (0)
perhaps it still does. I think it was only a year or so that I flipped by it. It isn't as bad as everyone says. There are thousands of two reelers and "B" films I have seen. But as an ambitious, big budget item it is a notable failure with some interesting bits and littered with well done moments.
Re: Speaking of westerns...I've never seen Heavens Gate,.. - Gee LP 20:41:23 02/13/05 (0)
I was at a party when a beautiful girl started giving me the eye. We sat down and talked for what seems like hours and also danced a little bit to some live music. I called her later that week and we set up a date to see a movie. It was "Heaven's Gate". During one sequence, several women in the audience hissed and stormed out of the theatre. When we walked out into the night some three hours after the film began, the only comment the girl could say was, "Well, it wasn't as bad as they say it is."
Today that girl is my wife. And recently she told me she would like to see "Heaven's Gate" again. Compared to a lot of the stuff we see at the movies today....

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