The blood you see, the death you don't see

Berniece 2022-04-23 07:01:15

War is a time for people to face survival, plunder, and dignity naked.

It's a 1978 Best Picture and five Oscar winner.

This is a film that makes me, a female viewer, try to keep her eyes fixed on the screen, but her hands are constantly shaking, the game of 'Russian Turntable' that keeps appearing in the film.

The film constantly presents two contrasts, the quiet Pennsylvania and the small town of Clairton in Asia and the continuous rain in the smoke of Vietnam.


What impresses me deeply is not the heroic Michael in Vietnam, the brave veteran who returned to his hometown and released him when he was hunting deer. It's Nick, a visible and invisible hand, a backlog of war, and a Nick who gave up himself in despair.

Nick escaped from an island from the hands of the Vietnamese, and was sent to the hospital. Looking at the photo, looking at the disabled companion, I was asked the name of my mother, but couldn't say it. We can see that his body is still there, but his soul may have been severely mutilated. He was walking on the crowded streets of Saigon, and nothing caught his interest. The only thing that excited him was seeing a stranger who looked like Michael.


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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!