天堂之门

天堂之门”似乎一直笼罩在票房惨败导致联艺公司破产的阴影之中，使得多数观众失去了对它的兴趣，甚至完全忽略了影片的本质。然而，迈克尔西米诺对美国中西部景致的壮美抒写，剧情一反主流电影善用紧张花哨的噱头，平实却不乏味，充满了对日常的诗意描写，也有许多有趣味的段落，一个边溜冰边拉小提琴的音乐家，在餐桌上迫不及待的脱光衣服享受性爱的女孩，火车上满载的西装革履的枪手……如果光以票房来衡量一部电影的优劣，未免太武断了，可怜这部作品白白背负了这么多年的骂名——BY:HerbsttagIn Michael Cimino's bleak anti-western based on events in 1890s Wyoming, Sheriff James Averill attempts to protect immigrant farmers from wealthy cattle interests, and also clashes with a hired gun, Nathan Champion, over the woman they both love. Both men find themselves questioning their roles in the furious conflict between wealthy landowners and European immigrants attempting to build new lives on the American frontier, which culminates in a brutal pitched battle.