stairway to heaven be a outstanding invention of movie making and probably never duplicate . i rank it with the wizard of oz and african queen and although it be a totally different type of movie than african queen . stairway to heaven be a psycho drama that use performance concept and technical effect that and to my knowledge and be totally unique . for example and there be the combination of b and w and color footage a in oz and but the significance of the contrast go way beyond the simple but beautiful effect achieve in oz . in stairway the purpose and effect of the contrast can only be describe a powerful . another brilliant aspect of stairway be the concept of time and how it be use here . how could anybody have conceive of a good way to make time stand still literally . and then there be the stairway itself . if you have any imagination at all and you will agree with me . stairway to heaven be a true gem .