Heaven's Gate1980

It's a film of rare beauty and scope, a feast for the eyes and a harrowing, unflinching meditation on the cruelty of capitalism. It rivals William Friedkin's Sorceror in its bone-deep cynicism and eviscerating take on the free market's coal-black heart of darkness.

【NFSA】CC主持修复的217分钟版本。西部片就应该在大银幕看，整部电影美得像艺术品，尤其是自然光下的丁达尔效应。也因此尽管有超多看着就烧钱且对故事帮助不大的支线但也不觉得冗长，因为视听上很享受。大决战我认为完全不输《一个国家的诞生》，精彩又悲怆。只是结尾处理得有些多余——我认为停留在那个《雌雄大盗》式的镜头就足够了｜Ps.影片结束后前排一位女士一边鼓掌一边大喊“we made it!”，是的我们牢底坐穿了！

A grandiose Western based on the Johnson County War of 1892, when cattle barons brought in mercenaries to massacre immigrant settlers, it suffers badly from narrative incoherence. But there’s a grand romantic sweep to the action (enacted by a solid cast including Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken and Isabelle Huppert), the set-pieces are majestic and its disenchanted view of the American frontier myth still rings ominously true.