One of the few critics to praise the film was Roger Ebert, and in fact, the film's reputation has grown in recent years, with many noting its uncompromising vision as well as its anticipation of the violent black comedy which became famous in the works of such directors as David Lynch and Quentin Tarantino.

Despite the film's later reputation, some contemporary critics panned it.

Colonel Linnan was portrayed as half-European, a change which she found insulting to his Chinese lineage, and she felt her reputation damaged by the Hollywood-embellished love scenes in the film ; not only had she never kissed any man, but also the film's ending portrayed her character abandoning the orphans in order to join the colonel elsewhere even though in reality she did not retire from working with orphans until she was sixty years old.

Greeted with muted praise upon release, the film's reputation has grown in stature in the intervening years.

The film's reputation improved over time, with David Denby in New York magazine calling it " the most acrid, and the best " of all New York movies because it captured, " better than any film I know the atmosphere of Times Square and big-city journalism ".

However, the film's critical reputation has grown in stature and is commonly listed among the greatest films of all time.

Colonel Linnan was portrayed as half-European, a change which she found insulting to his Chinese lineage, and she felt her reputation damaged by the Hollywood-embellished love scenes in the film ; not only had she never kissed any man, but also the film's ending portrayed her character abandoning the orphans in order to join the colonel elsewhere even though in reality she did not retire from working with orphans until she was sixty years old.

It was determined that the only scene that breached the BBFC's guidelines was the killing of a coatimundi, and the BBFC acknowledged that previous cuts were reactionary to the film's reputation.

King Kongs reputation has improved during the last few years, mainly because of the now-destroyed World Trade Center Twin Towers, which are prominently featured during the film's climax.

Afterwards, the restaurant retained the Piz Gloria name of the film location, and currently acknowledges the film's significant contribution to its commercial reputation ; it features a James Bond exhibition, containing memorabilia and film clips, in the lower floor.

Although not as well known as his other work, Bogart's performance in this film is considered by many critics to be among his finest and the film's reputation itself has grown over time along with Ray's.

The producers who wished to share Bradbury's reputation and popularity, bought the rights to his story and changed the film's title.

But in the early 2000's the film's reputation was spread on anime festivals and the film now has small but dedicated group of fans which calls it a masterpiece.

According to the documentary featured on the film's DVD release, Castle had wanted to direct the film as well, but the studio insisted on hiring another director due to the reputation Castle had gained through his previous work.

Despite the dedication, Sellers ' wife Lynne Frederick filed a $ 3 million lawsuit against the film's producers and the studio claiming that the film diminished Sellers ' reputation.

Later the producers, who wished to share Bradbury's reputation and popularity, bought the rights to Bradbury's story and changed their film's title.

After Cammell's death in 1996 the film's reputation grew still further.

The film's reputation has grown since its initial release.

The film's reputation pivots on the 10 minute vision of the Inferno and reception has been mixed.

Despite the film's poor reputation, its title song was a considerable hit for singer Yvonne Elliman in 1979.

The film's initial critical reception was not overtly positive, but subsequent theatrical and home video re-release of the film increased its reputation.

The film's tone has since been the staple of many cyberpunk movies, such as The Matrix ( 1999 ), which uses a wide variety of cyberpunk elements.

Andy Garcia has since claimed the film's script was nearly produced.

There has been a refocus onto celluloid film's ability to capture an " indexical " image of a moment in time by theorists like Mary Ann Doane, Philip Rosen and Laura Mulvey who was informed by psychoanalysis.

After the film's success, a soundtrack album was produced which was supposed to be made up of music one of the characters had on her walkman when she " disappeared ", although the film itself has little music in it.

Since the film's success abroad, most Ghost in the Shell media has been translated and released in English-speaking territories, including the anime series, which aired on the Sci-Fi Channel, Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, and the United Kingdom's AnimeCentral.

Julian Doyle, the film's editor, has written a book The Life of Brian / Jesus, which not only describes the filmmaking and editing process but argues that Monty Python's film is the most accurate Biblical film ever made.

Much has been said about various " tactical errors " made by both the German and American forces in the film's climactic battle.

The film's use of desaturated colors, hand-held cameras, and tight angles has profoundly influenced subsequent films and video games.

An expanded version of Black Sunday ( the highight film's title ) has appeared on NFL's Greatest Games and contains an additional hour of game footage plus audio play-by-play from Bill King and Rich Marotta while retaining Facenda's narration.

Roger Ebert has written of the film's ending:

The film's title has entered the English language as an idiomatic expression.

The film's dystopian depiction of " genoism " has been cited by many bioethicists and laymen in support of their hesitancy about, or opposition to, liberal eugenics and the societal acceptance of the genetic-determinist ideology that may frame it.

Eastwood blamed Universal Studios for the film's poor promotion and turned his back on them to make an agreement with Warner Brothers, through Frank Wells, that has lasted to the present day.

Eastwood has indicated that he lays out a film's plot to provide the audience with necessary details, but not " so much that it insults their intelligence.

Authorized biographer Jeremy Wilson noted that the film has " undoubtedly influenced the perceptions of some subsequent biographers " such as the depiction of the film's Ali as the real Sherif Ali, rather than a composite character, and also the highlighting of the Deraa incident.

The film has been described by academics as a satire of American middle class notions of beauty and personal satisfaction ; analysis has focused on the film's explorations of romantic and paternal love, sexuality, beauty, materialism, self-liberation, and redemption.

It can also be someone with other special interests in the project, such as the author of the book that the film is based on, or one of the film's key actors who has been instrumental in persuading the studio to do the film.

The three-night, July 1973 stint at Madison square garden that fuelled the film's original soundtrack has been plundered afresh ...

The film's popularity has endured through the years.

Hidetora has a back-story: a violent and ruthless rise to power, and the film portrays contrasting victims: the virtuous characters Sue and Tsurumaru who are able to forgive, and the vengeful Kaede ( Mieko Harada ), Hidetora's daughter-in-law and the film's Lady Macbeth-like villain.

Jeffrey " Mad Dog " Beck, a star investment banker at the time with Drexel Burnham Lambert, was one of the film's technical advisers and has a cameo appearance in the film as the man speaking at the meeting discussing the breakup of Bluestar.

Over the years, the film's screenwriter Stanley Weiser has been approached by numerous people who told him, " The movie changed my life.