Great movie with intense Russian Roulette scenes

Rating: 8/10 (14 December 2016)

"The Deer Hunter" was an especially moving and gripping film about the Vietnam War. One of the things that makes it such an intense film is the depiction of the Russian Roulette scenes. The first time it happens, the intensity is set to 11, and along with the audience's job of feeling just how intense the war is in this scene, the audience is forced to infer something else.The prisoners and the three main characters playing Russian Roulette is supposed to be a metaphor for how the war (like the "game") is a lose- lose situation. No matter what happens, you'll either die (in the war or shooting yourself in the head) or you'll be scarred for life (by grazing yourself like Steven did or be emotionally scarred by the terrible things you saw and/or experienced).