There is a lot in the film to absorb, and I don't think its dated, it has aged well like a true work of art imho. This "Final Cut" mix is really good, and there some brilliant acting. The script is thick and intense, certainly not formulaic, and the message, the message. Young varsity student son on my mate came with, he enjoyed it although it was not like anything he had seen before, but he is a conscientious bright young thing. I also saw it circa 1987 in Hillbrow, it didn't get a release here when it first came out in 1979, for what reason I don't know. I think it was the first time I saw Marlon Brando and by that stage he was huge both in stature and body mass. Apparently took up most of the budget as well and only appears in the closing scenes really. But go back in this mans filmography: The Wild One, A Streetcar Named Desire, Sayanara, One Eyed Jack to name a few and then you start to understand what the hype is about. and yeah, Last Tango in Paris is brilliant although that was banned here, everyone thought it was a porn film.
