https://staging2.theplaylist.net/john-williams-turned-down-scoring-heavens-gate-more-learned-from-the-criterion-edition-of-michael-ciminos-cult-film-20121129/ Fri, 13 May 2016 11:02:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/john-williams-turned-down-scoring-heavens-gate-more-learned-from-the-criterion-edition-of-michael-ciminos-cult-film-20121129/#comment-65035 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:02:02 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/john-williams-turned-down-scoring-heavens-gate-more-learned-from-the-criterion-edition-of-michael-ciminos-cult-film-103529/#comment-65035 I watched this movie a week ago for the first time. While there is a lot to admire on a technical level, the storytelling is a mess and Cimino's ego and self-indulgence is apparent from the first 10 minutes. I always felt that the wedding scene in The Deer Hunter went on far too long, but Cimino makes every scene in this film go on far too long and it lasts for almost 4 hours. I would be very curious to see the 149 minute version that the studio cut for wider release, because a tighter film would have been far more interesting than what is put on display. As it stands, the film's troubled production and the impact it's had on studio intervention in the creative process of film making is more interesting than the film itself.

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