Michael Cimino Quotes


'Leaving Las Vegas' is a relationship; 'Dead Man Walking' is a relationship, and they're very contained movies. They're compressed and not in wide open spaces all over the place.


Citations

Gristwood, Sarah. "The Return of the Invisible Man." The Guardian, 10 Oct. 1996.

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Michael Cimino
Michael Cimino
  • Born: February 3, 1939
  • Died: July 2, 2016
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Film Director · Producer, Screenwriter · Author

Michael Cimino was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and author. He achieved fame as the director of The Deer Hunter (1978), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and earned him Best Director. However, Cimino's reputation would be tarnished by his follow-up Heaven's Gate (1980), a critical failure that became one of the biggest box-office bombs of all time.