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...course, Heaven’s Gate is historically important, and emblematic of the kind of excess that characterizes some of the “best” directors of all time—an excess that is ultimately valued and played up as proof of brilliance. It’s also occasionally credited with destroying the “New Hollywood” of the 1970s, though many believe it was Star Wars, Don Simpson, and a lot of cocaine. The former point is more important here, especially as many film critics and historians have recently attempted to reevalute Heaven?...
Filmmaking is not an art form that breeds responsibility. This, admittedly, is not too profound a statement, but it certainly highlights a trait valued in the public’s judgement of films made by industry-proclaimed “auteurs”—excess. This came to mind when I looked at part of the Brattle Theatre’s slate for the weekend—two matinee screenings of Michael Cimino’s famous disaster Heaven’s Gate...
This attempted resuscitation of Heaven’s Gate is endemic of a larger issue – the valuing of excess, be it from the eyes of the public, the industry, or the critics. Sure, no one was praising Cimino’s film for spinning out of control when it was in production, so maybe it’s a bad example...
...strategy because it's working." When asked about Mickelson's image, golf Hall of Famer and NBC analyst Johnny Miller breaks into a show tune. "Hah-lly-wood," he sings. "It's all Hollywood, man. Phil's a smart guy like that." Mickelson has no answer to accusations of excess gregariousness: "I don't really have anything to say. I really don't know what...
According to Ann C. Dufresne, communications director for Mass. Senate president Robert E. Travaglini, Romney’s opposition will likely not affect the bill’s passage into law because both the Senate and the House approved the stem cell initiative on a margin in excess of the two-thirds minimum needed to override Romney’s expected veto...