1492: Conquest Of Paradise, is a beautiful, and wonderful looking movie. Not only that, but it's perfect from my standpoint. People would be able to see this film again if a DVD is released. And alot of people would grow to love this movie. Yes, it's about Christopher Columbus, but the movie is about a little more than just him. History wise, I don't know that much about Christopher Columbus, other than just some of the historical facts about him, and the film presents them all reasonably well. History facts aside, the movie does it's job to entertain the viewer, and presents to us a fair interpretation of Columbus and what he accomplished through his life. Ridley Scott, uses the world Columbus inhabits and achieves glorious results, along with working with Vangelis, what we have here is a rare breed of film where the soundtrack and the images, in some scenes in the film work together to make the viewer think about the subject matter. Like in 2001: A Space Oddessy, this is about equal to it, the soundtrack is amazing. Gerard Depardieu provides us with a solid, enjoyable performance, he is so fun to watch on screen in 1492. For a French actor, he is believable as an Italian, because his nose helps, and his accent is abstract and different from the people he associates with to accomplish what he did in Spain at the time. The movie is incredible, it makes you think about life. I think a DVD release by, I think, Paramount, is not just a good idea, rather a necessity, since this film covers such important subject matter for because of Christopher Columbus, we call our home America. I think it's crazy that the studio hasn't released this on DVD yet.