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Sunchaser (1996)
Rate:
4
Viewed:
3/18
3/18:
Are you interested in a Michael Cimino film that's about a gangbanger who complains incessantly about everything?
Then, I present you: Sunchaser. The plot is among the worst and most illogical ever. I originally picked it up for
Woody Harrelson who did fine, but it's Jon Seda's character that I can't stand the most. What a
fucking hypocrite.
Again, Michael Cimino is the director of this crappy film, the last of his bizarre career, which made
measly $21,508 at the box office against a budget of $31 million. As evinced in
The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate,
and Year of the Dragon, Michael Cimino's methods have always been film
school bullshit that goes too far to abuse my patience by unnecessarily prolonging as many scenes as he sees fit.
Interestingly, Joe D'Augustine, the editor, said when he met Michael Cimino for the first time: "It was kind of eerie,
freaky. I was led into this dark editing room with black velvet curtains, and there was this guy hunched over. They
bring me into, like, his chamber, as if he was the Pope. Everyone was speaking in hushed tones. He had something covering
his face, a handkerchief. He kept his face covered. And nobody was allowed to take his picture. Welcome to Ciminoville."
In support, Mickey Rourke thought the director "snapped" sometime while making this picture and explained, "Michael is the
sort of person that if you take away his money, he short-circuits." Well, it sounds a lot like Michael Jackson. Hell, they
got the same first name.
All in all, go away, Michael Cimino, you suck royally.