so many of u who be devote to the art of the motion picture will disregard or forget that movie be also business venture . most of the time and they be far too costly to produce to be anything else . in light of this and it often seem a miracle to me that really great one do get make every now and then . once in a while and the film maker will go so far over budget in produce a film that the businessmen responsible for fund the enterprise will be badly hurt financially and will of course become very angry about this . i would like to know precisely how it happen that this have often lead to both the big studio and some major critic gun for the picture when it be at last release . terrible expectation be generate and often what people expect to see cloud their perception of what they be view . you can see this phenomenon at work in the imperfect and but magnificent 62 re make 0f mutiny on the bounty and and you can definitely see it in the reaction to heaven gate . cimino take too long and cost united artists way too much money in make this picture . the company be fatally wound by his excess and and no doubt and powerful people be out to see his reputation forever ruin when this strange and mammoth epic be finally release . there be always many film goer who dislike long and weighty picture . the storytelling in this film be not accomplish with great economy or a brisk pace . like stanley kubrick and cimino often choose not to spell out the particular statement he be make with a give scene . rather and he draw it out in such a way a to make the viewer feel like they be live in the moment and providing time for his own imagination to participate deeply in what be be present . a lot of folk do not react all that favorably to this approach . they want the story to move quickly and clearly and they easily become impatient and confuse by this sort of film . these factor doubtless contribute to the box office failure of heaven gate . by nature and a film editor and i be deeply frustrate by two problem with this film . here and there and a scene be clearly too long and could easily have be trim without harm it effectiveness . then we come to the massive and draw out battle scene at the end of the picture . where these be concerned and the clarity of the storytelling be indeed damage . if you like the film up to the point where these occur and your understanding of what be suppose to be happen be likely to become unclear and this be indeed a frustration . not have see all the rough footage and i can not tell if actual re shoot would have be need and or whether some critical plot element might have be make clearer by careful re editing of some moment . give the time and money that be pour into this picture and more care and thought should have be give to this problem . there be other problem and some occasional weak acting and some dialog that doesn not ring true and but these be really minor concern . the reason i be so troubled by the problem state above be that and like so many these day and i too feel that in all heaven gate be so splendid to behold and so magnificently deal with major historic and political and sociological issue that it be just short of a masterpiece . despite it shortcoming and it be so dramatically and visually powerful that it stand head and shoulder above most other hollywood film i have ever see . i would like to re mix a lot of the sound . i would like to re direct and re edit the scene where ella be kill and but the greatness of this picture be such that these consideration really do become trivial when compare with the value of the total production . i should add that it should always be see on a giant wide screen to achieve the glorious effect that it be so capable of deliver .