| Greek Tragedy |
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| written by johnnyclock |
May 17, 2006 - 1:41 PM PDT |
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3 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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This is a pitiful tale. It is a tale that marches forward with the inevitability and the ominous pace of Greek tragedy. And as in Greek tragedy, the audience knows from the start where we're headed. When this film was made in 1978, we already knew what had happened in Vietnam, and its result, and about the ignoble and ignominious withdrawal in confusion and haste at the end. So when the 'deer hunter' and his friends who are going to 'Nam with him are all gung ho and excited about getting into the 'war,' we can't help hearing the tolling of a fate that will prove larger than the lives of these individual men, no matter how heroic, how American, or how good-willed they may be.
This is a film that gets under the skin; it is a film that torments you long after the viewing; and its impression only grows in you as time passes. I have my little gripes about editing or continuity that I thought could have been clearer, but in a force this monumental these amount to no more than petty grievances, and I have set them aside.
The acting is without exception excellent; and Christopher Walken's character (for which he received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor) will continue to haunt you for as long as you will remember this film. |
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