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Forget the documentary. Forget the making-of-book. Read the script to HEAVEN'S GATE. Or just look at how it is filmed. The script isn't finished yet. It's a treatment or a rough first draft. Cimino hasn't decided what these scenes are about or how to motivate the characters. They are ideas for...

Again, you are entitled to your views, but Altman himself stated otherwise and made no secret of his contempt for Chandler's idealism and the private eye genre. He was pretty vocal about it. The matter was hotly discussed in reviews and interviews at the time. John's quote is not the only...

Thanks for making my point. I've read that before, and other statements he's made as well. Well, people have been debating this controversy since THE LONG GOODBYE was released. I agree it's very Robert Altman. But it's not the story Raymond Chandler told with such brilliance. If only Howard...

You guys are entitled to your opinions but the facts state otherwise. Robert Altman did not hesitate to express his contempt for Chandler's idealism and character in all the press and interviews at the time. He was straightforward and in-your-face that Phillip Marlow is a joke, and the film...

As an adaptation of the novel THE LONG GOODBYE is a slap in the face. The film is really about Altman's contempt for Chandler and old private eye movies. Too, the constant self-references to Hollywood instantly take me out of the film. However, I find it visually and aesthetically fascinating...

Do you have THE LONG GOODBYE (1973) DVD? Another Vilmos Zsigmond shoot. There's a short but instructive featurette on flashing a negative, if I recall correctly. On second thought maybe it's a reproduction of the American Cinematographer article? The DVD is hard to get to at the moment or I'd...

I can't stream and so I'm not a netflix customer. Will just have to go without it, I'm afraid un less it gets released somehow. Heaven's Gate has many virtues and Criterion has done justice by it. But if you still don't like it you can always sell it to me for a backup copy.

When was this photochemical restoration done? In the 1990s? I want to see that. The whole thing. Not just the clips. Criterion should have pressed that on Blu-ray as well.

Take another look-see, Robin9. The film still has the same dramatic problems, but there is much to engage a viewer and much to appreciate. The older I get the more I like it. I recommend it.

Wish I could get my hands on MGM HD but it's impossible here. I'd really like to study that version supervised by Vilmos Zsigmond.