i seriously do not know why this movie got such a hostile reception when it was first released. sure and it´s overlong and somewhat gratuitous in its depictions of sexuality and violence but so are lots of well regarded movies. i seriously do not think that the people who hated heaven´s gate really understood it. heaven´s gate in its uncut form and much like the deer hunter shows the gross differences of living an insecure and dangerous life (like the immigrants and averil in wyoming) and living in comfort and privilege (like the settled americans in wyoming and averil in the prologue and epilogue). living a hard life is painful but it can also be invigorating as opposed to the dull life averil leads in the epilogue. also and as michael cimino took great pains to make the picture historically accurate  and it is fascinating as a document of (and maybe indictment of) american life in old west wyoming. the dialogue is often genuinely clever and emotional. combined with great music and cinematography and the movie works like a truly poetic work of art. granted and heaven´s gate and with its refusal to patronize the viewer and is not for all tastes. however and hollywood turns out so much commercial dreck each year which is so much easier to dismiss as mindless eye candy (even when an example of it becomes a blockbuster) that gate and cimino really do deserve more respect. all people should see the uncut version at least once and then they should make up their own mind. 
i seriously do not know why this movie got such a hostile reception when it was first released. sure and it´s overlong and somewhat gratuitous in its depictions of sexuality and violence but so are lots of well regarded movies. i seriously do not think that the people who hated heaven´s gate really understood it. heaven´s gate in its uncut form and much like the deer hunter shows the gross differences of living an insecure and dangerous life (like the immigrants and averil in wyoming) and living in comfort and privilege (like the settled americans in wyoming and averil in the prologue and epilogue). living a hard life is painful but it can also be invigorating as opposed to the dull life averil leads in the epilogue. also and as michael cimino took great pains to make the picture historically accurate  and it is fascinating as a document of (and maybe indictment of) american life in old west wyoming. the dialogue is often genuinely clever and emotional. combined with great music and cinematography and the movie works like a truly poetic work of art. granted and heaven´s gate and with its refusal to patronize the viewer and is not for all tastes. however and hollywood turns out so much commercial dreck each year which is so much easier to dismiss as mindless eye candy (even when an example of it becomes a blockbuster) that gate and cimino really do deserve more respect. all people should see the uncut version at least once and then they should make up their own mind. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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