Ich kenne die letzten drei Filme Ciminos leider nicht, kann dazu nichts sagen, Napo.
Hat irgendjemand von euch den Director’s Cut von „Heaven’s Gate“ gesehen, für den Cimino 2012 in Venedig ausgezeichnet wurde?
Watching “Heaven’s Gate” for the first time in February I understood how it could mean so many seemingly contradictory things to so many people and why so many dissimilar conclusions could all feel true. The film’s scope, natural backdrops, massive sets, complex choreography and cinematography are seductive, at times stunning, and if you like watching swirling people and cameras, you may love it. If you insist on strong narratives, white hats and black, uniform performances, audible dialogue and a happy ending, well, you will have history and consensus on your side. (The film’s turbulent history — amazingly, given the stakes, it was yanked from distribution soon after it opened — also helped explain why I had never seen it.)
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As a restoration demo on the Criterion Blu-ray demonstrates, some of the scenes that looked sepia, almost nicotine brown, have been altered so that the green grass and blue sky pop almost as brightly as they would in Technicolor. This may be a restoration, but it also appears to be an act of directorial revisionism.
By all means see it on the big screen if only to appreciate the enormity of Mr. Cimino’s efforts. One take on the initial failure of “Heaven’s Gate” is that it was sabotaged, though it’s unclear by whom. Schadenfreude is a spectator sport in the movie industry, and maybe the five Oscars “The Deer Hunter” won the month that Mr. Cimino started shooting “Heaven’s Gate” made him a target. But so did his lavish spending — he had an irrigation system built under the battlefield so the grass would be green before it was washed in red — and his increasingly expensive delays.
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