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...varsity eight, all four of Harvard’s boats emerged victorious in the 16th running of the Matthews-Leonard series. Although the Crimson did not take the lead immediately out of the starting gate, the first varsity soon passed both boats to take the lead. Once in front, Harvard refused to relent...
...surprising that the attempt is being made, as if Cimino’s artistic virility is somehow etched into the process that has been so ‘unjustly’ villified. These historians seem to be asking themselves – how could Heaven’s Gate possibly be bad? It’s big, it’s epic, it has a great cast, and it’s from an established director whose compulsive perfectionism must have been for something...
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...
...it’s still problematic to me that, especially in America, our auteurs have increasingly come to be judged by the extent of their excess. We seem to be constantly grasping at straws to rescue excessive mistakes of the past as well, like with Heaven’s Gate...
Saturday, April 9. Heaven’s Gate. 1:30 p.m. Brattle Theater. $9. Tickets available at theater or www.brattlefilm.org...