"I think the poor kids make a better film," he says.

No lost masterpiece, but a much better film than was thought at the time, here in its full 228-minute glory.

This makes for both a more informed audience and a better film.

It really could have been a much better film if they developed the plot and characters a little more.

But word of better conservative films, including his own, has been spreading, he said.

And the movie does accomplish something that far better films have failed to do.

"In my opinion we have a 100 percent better film," he added.

Wouldn't some other of Forster's books make a better film?

Maybe with some better films you'll be able to see it.

Along the way, there are glimmers of a better film.