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re: The Deer Hunter

Posted on 4/20/24 at 12:39 pm to
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35760 posts
Posted on 4/20/24 at 12:39 pm to
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The Deer Hunter is for the type of movie goer who frequents boards like this. That way you can sniff your own farts and post things like how "impactful" and "profound" the movie was while really thinking, "Holy shite, I've enjoyed doing my taxes more than slogging through that borefest" or, "Did Cimino even hire an editor?"

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Cimino originally claimed that the wedding scene would take up 21 minutes of screen time; in the end, it took 51 minutes. Deeley believes that Cimino always planned to make this prologue last for an hour, and "the plan was to be advanced by stealth rather than straight dealin


I don't know how anyone defends this movie.

It's a masterclass in horrible editing and a rogue director. But it was the 70s and Directors got full control....which the studios realized was a mistake with the amount of money they were bleeding by roles of film dropping on the floor.
This post was edited on 4/20/24 at 12:40 pm
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
4901 posts
Posted on 4/20/24 at 4:59 pm to
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I don't know how anyone defends this movie.

I'm not defending it. I like the movie. If someone else doesn't, I don't give a shite.
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