"redux" is SACRILEGE!!!

Rating: 10/10 (8 October 2005)

My rating is for the ORIGINAL 1979 theatrical movie. I would only give 8 stars for "redux". I live,eat, and breath this film. It embodies so much thought. My wife is tired of hearing the DVD played on our DVD/VCR entertainment center. I even like the end credits and the lack of clutter in relation to them. Platoon ("Spitoon"), Full Metal jacket (apologies to R. Lee), and even Saving Private Ryan ( "It's a Wonderful Life" set to WW2) cannot compete with this 1979 masterpiece of cinematography. The soundtrack alone is brilliant thanks to Carmine Coppolla and MOOG. So haunting and mysterious. Whenever I pass a tree line driving and see the tall trees in front of the red sunset I remember that film when they were on the river and that eerie music.
"...you're an errand boy, sent by the clerks to colelct the bill."