Re: marxism-digest V2 #1246 re: Heaven's Gate

[Paul Lennon <phlenn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think Gary missed a lot of the point of "Heaven's Gate." The big
ranchers met at Harvard years before.They are not peasants, nor merely
entrepreneurs--they are ruling class.Ultimately, they declare war on
the ragtag bunch of immigrants, sheep farmers, etc., and literally
hire an army to wipe them out, somewhat like in "Matewan." "Heaven's
Gate" is class war in the old west. The film received unprecedented
critical attacks before it even opened, but the focus was on its
length and looseness. Perhaps true, but I never doubted the reason for
the attacks.                                - Lennon in Jersey



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