What does Russian Roulette symbolize.? question #1 for Mr. Craven

Rating: Null/10 (12 December 2005)

In playing the game of Russian Roulette, there can be a few different outcomes. Either you die, or any of the other people involved die (assuming something like what Michael and Nick decided to do when they were prisoners doesn't take place). The young men faced with the Vietnam War were placed in a similar predicament. They could go to war and die, or they could go to war and live, but come home to an empty life feeling like an empty person. It seems as though the director wanted a way to symbolize the fact that no matter what happened to a Vietnam veteran, there was almost never a positive outcome because of the circumstances of that war. There isn't a possible positive outcome in playing a game of Russian Roulette either- the soldiers/people involved in the game were placed in a terrible situation.