i seriously do not know why this movie get such a hostile reception when it be first release . sure and it´s overlong and somewhat gratuitous in it depiction of sexuality and violence but so be lot of well regarded movie . i seriously do not think that the people who hat heaven´s gate really understand it . heaven´s gate in it uncut form and much like the deer hunter show the gross difference of live an insecure and dangerous life ( like the immigrant and averil in wyoming ) and live in comfort and privilege ( like the settled american in wyoming and averil in the prologue and epilogue ) . live a hard life be painful but it can also be invigorate a oppose to the dull life averil lead in the epilogue . also and a michael cimino take great pain to make the picture historically accurate and it be fascinate a a document of ( and maybe indictment of ) american life in old west wyoming . the dialogue be often genuinely clever and emotional . combine with great music and cinematography and the movie work like a truly poetic work of art . grant and heaven´s gate and with it refusal to patronize the viewer and be not for all taste . however and hollywood turn out so much commercial dreck each year which be so much easy to dismiss a mindless eye candy ( even when an example of it become a blockbuster ) that gate and cimino really do deserve more respect . all people should see the uncut version at least once and then they should make up their own mind .