long and good

Rating: 9/10 (20 April 2006)

The Deer Hunter leaks out a sweet languor for periods at a time. It takes its time while also moving determinedly. It is like a marathonwe settle into a certain pace, we keep that pace for a long stretch, and then we speed it up if only for a change, in order to inoculate the impending threat of boredom. We enter into another world, as if going on a mission ourselves. In taking this lead towards a war analogy, I will go as far as to say that going off to Vietnam for a good long stay is analogous to watching this movie, while going to you name it for vacation is analogous to watching most other movies. I mean this in a way that does not compare the real life Vietnam to a movie; it was of course much more, well, real than that. I mean that one comes of this movie feeling like he/she has lived in another world, been on a long and meaningful journey there and returned home with some stories to tell about it, and some to keep to himself...