Great movie, but requires good viewing conditions.

Rating: 9/10 (3 January 2002)

Some movies translate very well to a small screen with poor sound and the neighbor's dog barking in the background. This is not one of them. If you see a good print of this in a big theatre with a good sound system, or if you've invested thousands of dollars in a big screen and fancy home-theatre sound, you're in for a real treat. If you see an old print in a lousy theatre, or you just have a regular TV and an old VHS copy of it, you'll probably hate it.
Some people will hate it even under the best of conditions. But all will agree that it's a film unlike any other, and it's very impressive visually and auditorially.