With the great cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond and the top notch unexpected direction of Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter is a film unlike any ever seen that will come across as it projects short scenes with big effects leaves a strong effect on a viewer with itвЂ™s disturbing psychological effects leading to an end that is both tragic, heartbreaking and touching. The rest of the cast rounds out like a whoвЂ™s who, including Meryl Streep as NickвЂ™s love with a caring eye on Mike and John Cazale in his last picture (and with the best quality film percentage of all in this film *5 Great Ones*) as Stan, the louse who is the weakest of the bunch and canвЂ™t seem to go beyond it, not even if one little object he keeps gives him a sense of false authority. John Savage plays Nick as a man who loves the woman heвЂ™s marrying but thanks to the war gets less than he bargained for,especially when an unexpected visitor comes in his path. Christopher Walken is Nick who has some idea of what Mike always talks about but is torn between being led to the dark side and remembering the past that he left behind. Robert DeNiro plays Mike as a man that sees a lot but his vision is put to the test once on the battleground with almost no end in sight. The performances in this film are all top notch in this ensemble. In the third, weвЂ™re given an aftermath of the effects in that second part with a determination of moving on but with a sense that somethingвЂ™s missing and that something catches up sooner or later to one of those individuals with dire results and an effect that leaves the audience both with surprise and with a lump in the throat. In the second part the audience is led into the middle of the Vietnam war seen through the eyes of the three pictured individuals in that wedding hall and what serious wakes of reality lies in store for them on the battlegrounds and their tests of dangerous waters.

In the first part, we get to know all of these friends and some of the shenanigans they have in between work and play along with being a fun loving bunch during a wedding and for a venture hunting in the woods. Here is a well made film cut into 3 parts. Nick sees the little parts but Mike seems to have a grip on the big picture and their wills are tested both during the way and the aftermath where their destiny will prove to be shocking and put in perspective. At the same time, all three counterparts are due to report for duty in the Vietnam war a few days after. They are part of a group of friends that gather together for the marriage of Steven and Angela (Rutanya Alda). Meet Steven (John Savage), Nick (Christopher Walken) and Mike (Robert DeNiro). That film would go on to win 5 Oscars including best Picture and the film is Michael CiminoвЂ™s The Deer Hunter. Many years past, and it wasnвЂ™t until a friend told me about this great film that was set in Vietnam and involved a group of friends in a local Pennsylvania town that were off to war but were tested by the effects of Vietnam. For those many years, my father warned me that the film was not for me and that it was a tough film.

As a young man of four, I noticed on a television set a man and a group singing to the tune вЂњCanвЂ™t Take My Eyes Off Of YouвЂќ while shooting some pool in a bar.

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