"The Deer Hunter" is a Vietnam War movie. Michael, Rich and Steve participated in the Vietnam War. After nine deaths, Steve lost his legs. The medal that covered the chest came back heavily. Although the film is 3 hours long, it does not have a positive war scene. Instead, it explores human nature through the two scenes of Russian roulette and deer hunting.
Russian roulette used to kill many American prisoners of war as a killing game of the Vietnamese army, and it was precisely using this death game that the three Migao killed the Vietnamese soldiers who were imprisoning them and escaped. However, since then, the game has always cast a shadow on the hearts of the three. When Michael sees his friend playing with a revolver, he grabs the pistol frantically, takes out five bullets, puts the muzzle against his friend's temple, and yells "do you dare?" And Li Qi, who became a lunatic, stayed in Vietnam, became a gambler in an underground casino, and finally shot himself in the game with Michael.
Deer hunting is more like the director's reflection on the Vietnam War itself. Before joining the army, the three of them went to hunt deer in the mountains. Mi Gao pulled the trigger and a stag fell to the ground. It seemed that Little Vietnam was like the deer in their hearts, waiting to be slaughtered. When Michael returned from the Vietnam War, he went to the mountains to hunt deer with his former friends. When a stag entered Michael's bullseye again, he put down his gun.
Why doesn't he shoot anymore? This is exactly the director's question after the war: do you feel that some kind of god is unconquerable, or do you think that after victory, you hope that everything will live in peace from now on? unknown. But we can clearly see from the film that when Li Qi pulled the trigger for the last time, the bullet penetrated his brain from the temple, and the blood gurgled.
People use guns, but they can't dominate the guns, but are killed by uncontrolled bullets pierced through the chamber. Who can claim to be the victor of such a crazy war?
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