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hour version, and there's no question that this film is not as bad
as it has been portrayed through the years. It is visually stun-
ning, but plagued with sound and screenplay issues. It's hard
to follow, and the love triangle between Kristofferson, Christo-
pher Walken, and Huppert gets way more attention than the
main storyline. Expectations also played a role, of course, but
the main reason the film was so reviled was because of Cimino
himself, and the way he handled himself after the success of
The Deer Hunter.
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