Originally lambasted as one of the worst movies ever made upon first release, Michael Cimino's follow-up to The Deer Hunter has recently been re-evaluated as something of a lost classic. The troubled production period is more famous than the film itself, but time has revealed Heaven's Gate as a beautiful, troubled masterpiece.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
