In the past two days, I watched "Deer Hunter" intermittently because of the video editing, and found several wonderful places. Some were noticed before, and some were noticed only this time.
1.
The last time Mike went to see Nick, everyone noticed Nick's changes-he was tanned in Vietnam, thinner, with layered eye bags, and his arms were full of pinholes and exploded blood vessels-but Probably not everyone, at least I, didn't realize that Mike had also changed. Mike became more tired and irritable with the naked eye when he returned from the battlefield, which is not difficult to notice; but I didn’t notice it the first time I saw it. When he and Nick looked at each other that night, from under his eyes When the tip of the nose was red, the whole face was slightly pink and swollen.
Evidence of his alcoholism.
Mike was never like this before going to Vietnam. Although he has never been a naive and optimistic person, on the contrary it can be said to be very realistic and mature, but he should never be depressed-Mike, who has never experienced Vietnam, is a high-spirited authoritarian with a fierce spirit. The environment is difficult and all things may not be worth it, but struggle is the right thing to do. But after experiencing it.
2.
One shot.
At this time last year, I also watched several clips about one shot many times. No matter what De Niro said, no matter what shit said, it makes people feel "good." In addition, it involves Walken’s beauty and I never get tired of it. By the way, I'm not sure what Mike's belief in [One Shot] really wants to emphasize. Many interpretations can be reluctant, but they can only be reluctant: either, Mike is a pragmatist who believes in efficiency and accuracy, so only he can retreat from the Vietnamese battlefield; or, the concept of a bullet is similar to Russian roulette. Echoing and ridiculous contrast, one must be in the middle and the other must not be in the middle. However, this time I revisited and confirmed the third interpretation that was only slightly conceived before.
The United States ended the Vietnam War in 1975, and "Deer Hunter" was released in early 1978. During the filming process, Walken played his role and even consulted his brother who had just returned from the battlefield in Vietnam. This is a completely anti-war symbolic film. Its explicit purpose and political color have nothing to do with [art film], and it is even deliberately impossible to say that it shows [film art]-deer is In Vietnam, this point can be clearly written in the homework assigned by the school even elementary school students have read it. Then the meaning of one shot is not obvious enough-the Vietnam War can only be won once, and it will be painful to the deer and the deer hunters if it drags on for a long time.
So what am I hesitating before? Probably it is the superficiality and irrationality of the simile of jokes that I can't believe that such a long and delicate naturalistic film is willing to use it. This is also the most contradictory part of the film-before the war, during the war, and after the war, the three stages are in order to cater to the symbolic violent editing technique of almost skipping frames. However, each stage advances the plot very slowly, full of a lot of The ambiguous noise, the details are so rich and messy as life itself, the narrative of each unit is selected in the style of the author's film, but the piece together becomes a tool. This is probably the fundamental reason why it can gain both fame and fortune—political tools make it an Oscar, and its rich texture makes it an art from a micro perspective. Literature and art, not film art.
If you think about it this way, if you continue to look at it-I can only look at it high, I like this film too much-then the third interpretation of seemingly rough symbols, is there the possibility that the content of the expression is more gray? For example, since Vietnam is a deer, since deer hunting must be a one shot, does it mean that as long as the one shot is achieved, the quick fight will not hurt the body, and the act of launching a war against Vietnam is like hunting deer. It is justified.
It’s hard to say whether this is a question that has not been reflected from the white perspective—proving the roughness of the symbol from the side—or an irony. If it is the latter, even the irony must be hidden, making people think that it is the creator. My heartfelt compliment, secretly added, Chimino absolutely absolutely loves this kind of sluggish guy.
What are we talking about when we talk about anti-war. Are all wars that are not against oppression unjustified? Or is it that only the unfinished war that in turn hurts oneself loses its legitimacy because of injustice to one's own people? So Mike, who emphasized that one shot is still not tired of hunting deer, and Mike who plunged into the Vietnam battlefield to kill his eyes, probably won't think it is the former.
But I am a little worried that Chimino is not so bad and cute. He may just agree with Mike in a typical Western way of thinking. After all, the portrayal of the Vietnamese in this film cannot be said to be (again) a simple and crude racist stereotyped cultural perspective, which is terrible. Even the owners of roulette casinos are Jewish-if it is not an irony but a direct symbol, it would be a shame, too low.
However, on the other hand, I always feel that Cimino is smart-deliberately set up the white Russian immigration status of the protagonist group. On the one hand, it combines the name of [Russian] roulette, which makes people can't help but sigh "Ha! Destiny!", On the other hand, the audience questioned the legitimacy of this "death for the country". This group of Slavs pay American taxes and refine American steel. The wedding is the most traditional Orthodox celebration. The parents are the first-generation immigrants. No one mentions the love of the United States from beginning to end. They were all destroyed on the foreign battlefield prepared by the United States for them.
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No way, too contradictory. The uncertainty of whether Chimino is reckless or refined has led to my appraisal of the true intentions of this film to be polarized. I have to assume that he is refined-everything I want to make myself comfortable-that is beloved movie of.
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