The Deer Hunter

Rating: Null/10 (31 May 2016)

The symbolism of Russian Roulette in The Deer Hunter is to show the real terror of war. It showed how the waiting game is scary and can take a heavy toll on you mentally. The game plays with your inner mind and can eventually drive you insane. The Russian Roulette was a shorthand way of showing what waiting is. There is a certain amount of bullets in that chamber and you may get lucky or you may get unlucky. I agree with his concept because he was showing what war really was like. It showed how the soldiers were drained of everything and were putting everything on the line for us to have freedom. He portrayed the scenes of the game in the way a real soldier would of been reacting in the line of battle.