The deer hunter is still the hunted person

Lee 2022-03-19 09:01:02

I don’t know how to evaluate "Deer Hunter". It is very different from other war movies or Vietnam War movies, because it would not be appropriate to divide it into Vietnam War movies. The movie is roughly divided into three parts. The preparation of the three friends before the war and the long wedding are as complete as a documentary, but it is very beautiful, singing and dancing. The connection between the second part and the first part is quite abrupt. After the wedding ended with a beautiful piano piece, the sound of the piano cut off, and the camera immediately entered the cruelest scene in a war film. I opened a lid on the ground and threw a bomb in. There was an explosion, and the lens in the middle shook by. Under the lid was a pit, and inside the lid was a slab of children in front of the audience.

I don't know how to describe this scene. . . The special thing about the movie is that in fact, almost all of the war scenes in the movie are concentrated in this less than ten seconds of footage. Because the remaining two parts almost reflect another problem, and this amplifies the cruelty of the war through a local war of more than ten seconds, the director's goal has also been achieved.

The remaining two hours were used to describe them as Vietnamese prisoners. After they blasted their heads one by one, they were used as gambling equipment. The third part is that after they successfully escaped, their relationship instantly turned upside down. They encountered the same thing. The Vietnamese who were appended became a gambling tool for their compatriots. When I saw this, I realized that war is not only the destruction of life, but also the destruction and change of a person's spirit. There is no winner.

In the end, a friend kills another friend, also in this kind of game, with a headshot and life ends. Perhaps, such an end is also a kind of relief, it is the best way. What is the reason? After watching the movie, it is self-evident that it is still a war of all evils. Indeed, as a film reflecting on the Vietnam War, "Deer Hunter" is not simply abandoning the arrogance of the Americans, but truly dissecting the cruelest part of the war, which is completely irreversible and spiritually irreversible. destroy.

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The Deer Hunter quotes

  • Hilary Brown, Herself: This seems to be the last chapter in the history of American involvement in Vietnam. Its also been the largest single movement of people in the history of America itself. Hilary Brown, ABC News, aboard the attack aircraft carrier, USS Hancock, in the South China Sea.

  • Angela: [Last lines] It's been such a gray day.

    John: [Humming] Mm-Mm-Mm-Mm-Mm-Mm

    [singing]

    John: Stand beside her and guide her. La-la-dee da-da-da...

    Angela: [singing] God bless America, land that I love.

    AngelaJohnLindaAxelMichaelStanSteven: Stand beside her and guide her / Through the night with a light from above. / From the mountains, to the prairies / To the oceans white with foam. / God bless America, my home sweet home. / God bless America, my home sweet home.

    Michael: Here's to Nick!

    Steven: To Nick!

    AngelaJohnLindaAxelMichaelStanSteven: To Nick!