The film "The Deer Hunter", was a "coming home" film that showed the lives of three working class young men before leaving for the war, and after returning from the war. The film mostly focuses on the mental impacts from the war on both the young soldiers and ones who were close to them back home. Through expressing all these damaging effects of the war the film proves to be an anti-war film.
The first part of the movie shows what life was like for the young soldiers in a small working class town in Pennsylvania, which represented a large porportion of American soldiers in the Vietnam War. These soldiers seemed to live care free without having any knowledge of the potential factors of volunteering for the war. The hard working class town showed to be very patriotic and supportive of their soldiers going into the war. This represented the type of uneducated soldiers that were fighting the war.
The rest of the film was split up into mainly two more sections, one of the three soldiers in Vietnam War territory, and then the mental side effects on the soldiers which changed what was home for them. Each soldier was negatively affected from the war. For example Nick never returned home, because he lost himself to the gaming world in Vietnam due to not recovery mentally from the russian roulette incident. While Steve after losing both of his legs found he was most comfortable living in a veteran hospital, where he was not able to communicate with his fiance and friends at home. For Mike, there was higher sings of hope, but he still could not overcome the distance between himself and his true hoem. Overall the film represented a story of the effects from a war story that happened to many soldiers in the Vietnam War. In doing so the film was clearly made to be an anti-war film showing the effects of the young soldiers lives that were taken advantage of.
The film "Deer Hunter", is a "coming home" film that showed the lives of three working class men before the war, and then after the war. The film mostly focuses on the mental impacts from the war on the young soldiers and those who were close to them back home. Through expressing all these damaging side effects of the war the film proves to be an anti-war film.
ReplyDeleteThe first part of the movie shows what life was like for the young soldiers in a small working class town in Pennsylvania, which represented a large proportion of the soldiers in the Vietnam War. These soldiers seemed to live care free without having any knowledge of the potential factors of volunteering for the war. The hard working class town showed to be patriotic and supportive of their soldiers going into war. This represented the type of secluded uneducated soldiers that were fighting in the war.
The rest of the film was split into two sections, the first focused on the three friends in Vietnam War territory. The second focused on the mental side effects from the war on the soldiers whey they could return home. The three friends were all negatively impacted from the war in different ways. For example Nick never returned home, because he lost himself into the gambling industry in Vietnam Steve after losing both of his legs found he was most comfortable living in a veteran hospital, where he not able to communicate with his fiance and friends at home. For Mike, there was higher signs of hope, but he still could not overcome the distance between himself and his true home. Overall the film represented the effects from war that many soldiers experienced from the Vietnam War. In doing so, the film was clearly made to be an anti-war film showing the effects of the soldier's lives that were being taken advantage of by the government.