DEER HUNTER
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, Robert De Niro.
Available to rent on YouTube here.
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IN JOHN’S WORDS
“The Deer Hunter is a hefty film. It weighs on the psyche. It is heavy with our culture and with meaning. It reflects the rape of innocence that war brings to a society. It is filled with loyalty friendship and the degeneration of the human mind in the face of utter horror. It is about hope and promise and love.”
“Before Vietnam, we see the characters played by Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and John Savage living their lives as normal Americans in a normal American town. By the time they’re back from the war, these three actors are playing completely different people. Anyone who has seen the film knows how much of an emotional gut-punch we get from this transformation. Everyone else can but speculate.”
“Although The Deer Hunter has come to be overshadowed by the cinematic colossus that is Apocalypse Now—which was released one year later—the two movies are entirely different experiences. One is a technical tour de force that gives us a haunting portrait of the war. The other is a harrowing emotional journey through the lives of people like ourselves in extraordinary surroundings. Neither of them can be missed by anyone.”
The above a critics remarks.
The Deer Hunter marked the real beginning of Meryl Streep’s film career. She was nominated for an Oscar for the first time. The film won five Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Walken) Best Sound etc.
This was an extraordinary production and the process of making this film was amazing as was the eventual selection of the cast.
I can’t wait to discuss this brilliant and controversial film.
