certainly the best of boorman . after see again deliverance and which be thrill when it be first release and and excalibur and poetical and wagnerian but a little bit out of date ( regard the shin 70 fake armor ) and emerald forest deepens philosophy and ethnology . very profound and touching and very good acting and excellent photography and technically superb and there nothing to really complain about . it hasn not age at all and probably would not . i give it a 10 because i do not see anything to improve . in our sad new era of ethnological destruction and where there no place anymore for the aborigene or any other tribal culture and this movie give a little hope and a little reverie of see thing turn in the right direction thanks to ancient magic . how vain but how beautiful .