tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post2395703884520808320..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: The Deer Hunter (1978)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-77516987243110132122023-08-20T14:13:11.497-07:002023-08-20T14:13:11.497-07:00Completely agree with this assessment. Good actors...Completely agree with this assessment. Good actors and cinematography, but that's not all it takes to make a film. robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08743788064455642852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-48004540556091620422021-02-18T15:42:23.763-08:002021-02-18T15:42:23.763-08:00I saw the picture upon its first release and disli...I saw the picture upon its first release and disliked it, intensely.<br />I found it to be weirdly racist, a la Mickey Rooney's role in "Breakfast at Tiffany's."<br /><br />I gathered a bit of insight during a recent listen to Cimino's commentary on the dvd of "Year of the Dragon," when he said multiple times, that the only reason the U.S. "lost" the Vietnam "War" was because the politicians wouldn't let the military win it.<br /><br />If only we had dropped nuclear bombs on every village, we could have claimed victory, as we left behind the dead population and poisoned land. He either drank the wrong KoolAid or swallowed the brown acid, but he was bitterly angry about the issue, decades later.oakland stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11546381592386036456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-88174193892281005922020-02-22T20:40:00.530-08:002020-02-22T20:40:00.530-08:00I never liked "The Deer Hunter" either.
...I never liked "The Deer Hunter" either.<br /><br />Streep received her first Oscar nomination, but it was in the supporting category, not the lead.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13532919555669007677noreply@blogger.com