They`ve been running Deer Hunter like crazy on Bravo. And here is the whole goddamned Congress singing `God Bless America` on the steps of the US Capitol. I said, `Holy shit, this is the ending of the movie.` (on The Deer Hunter (1978) in hindsight, post-...
When asked by "People" magazine, Nov. 11, 1996 issue, how the disaster of Heaven`s Gate (1980) affected his life: "It was really a great trauma, as everyone knows. Since then, I`ve been unable to make any movie that I`ve wanted to make. I`ve been making t...