Title: Story Behind Heaven's Gate Flop
Product review: Ironically, Steven Bach needed to edit his book about a film that also needed serious editing. After doing considerable research about the Johnson County War, I can see that the film missed an opportunity to "get it right," and turned the keys of the kingdom over to a director on an ill-starred mission fueled by vanity and half-baked concepts. Bach's book lacks the focus necessary to do justice to his topic. He includes too much extraneous material and omits material that we do need. Had the book been half its length it would have been twice as effective. Still, the book is worth reading, and I recommend it for anyone who wants to get some insight into the movie-making industry of that time: The wrong people making what could have been great movies.
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