Michael Cimino on the final scene in The Deer Hunter

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  • Michael Cimino talks about whether "The Deer Hunter" (1978) is a film about Vietnam, and the ending of the film.
    April 16, 2007
    The full interview is available here : • Michael Cimino: I'm pr...

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  • @jerseyforhawks
    @jerseyforhawks Місяць тому +4

    Amen. Great scene and film ending.

  • @AwardWinningGardens
    @AwardWinningGardens Рік тому +32

    Cimino is one of the most underrated directors of all time.

  • @shawnaaronmccraney
    @shawnaaronmccraney 10 місяців тому +6

    The man put painting into action through the most saturated expose of culture. PERFECTION.

  • @hockeyfanism
    @hockeyfanism 27 днів тому +1

    Movie is about male bonding with Vietnam as the backdrop. Deniro at his absolute prime between this and Raging Bull 2 years later.

  • @rocktopuss9279
    @rocktopuss9279 10 місяців тому +8

    This guy gives the best interviews.

  • @muhannadalnabulsi4266
    @muhannadalnabulsi4266 2 місяці тому

    Amazing & Informative

  • @MelancoliaI
    @MelancoliaI 11 місяців тому +11

    Why does he look like he's in some Yoko Ono lookalike contest?

    • @lepetitchat123
      @lepetitchat123 11 місяців тому +3

      Some phil spector vibe

    • @jameslane8592
      @jameslane8592 5 місяців тому

      He transitioned to identify female in the latter part of his life. This is actually true.

    • @OnePost909
      @OnePost909 2 місяці тому +1

      @@jameslane8592 This is actually a lie. Read Wikipedia.

  • @airira
    @airira Рік тому +15

    Year of the Dragon is a masterpiece.

    • @andyhall7032
      @andyhall7032 Рік тому +1

      Yeah I must watch this people tend to refer to Deer Hunter and Heaven's Gate with Cimino and nothing else.

    • @MelancoliaI
      @MelancoliaI Рік тому +1

      Yeah I really ended up enjoying that one. Great piece of neo-noir for sure.

    • @getheroutofthetruck
      @getheroutofthetruck 11 місяців тому +3

      Desperate Hours is great too. The studio chopped it to bits, but it's one of Rourke's best performances.

    • @PhilAndersonOutside
      @PhilAndersonOutside 7 місяців тому

      @@getheroutofthetruck Agree 100%. It's still quite good, but studio exces were paranoid it was over 2 hours and people would get bored, and concerned a scene with Lindsay Crouse and Kelly Lynch had "lesbian overtones" (probably did) and convinced Dino DeLaurentis to cut it. Supposedly the few people who saw Cimino's cut were very impressed.
      A similar situation happened with The Sicilian. It was also taken out of Cimino's hands and some 20 minutes of it were cut out.

  • @davidfulton179
    @davidfulton179 5 місяців тому

    I have some difficulties with The Deer Hunter that are probably an artifact of my personal defects, but I feel confident in attesting to the overwhelming beauty in Vilmos Zsigmond's depiction of place when he filmed Clairton. And Zsigmond's name arrives again and again like a recurrent spirit in the films that he touched. In the mediocrities and in the masterpieces, this man's vision is as true as any of the greatest visual artists of the 20th century.

  • @Starchdread
    @Starchdread 7 місяців тому +3

    Some aspects of 'The Deer Hunter' have not aged well but it is undeniable what a grand and beautiful piece of cinema it is. I reject all the hindsight contempt that the film has gotten in recent years by the cultural bean counters. It remains a great film.

  • @royphillips7435
    @royphillips7435 Рік тому +1

    Brilliant first breakfast! Says it all to me

  • @pinomiraglia8256
    @pinomiraglia8256 7 місяців тому +1

    ricordavo di avere una cartolina artistica del film fra le mie collezioni Postcards che Ho cercato e ritrovato del film " Deer Hunter " non ricordavo , come c è scritto , che il film ha vinto 5 premi Oscar .

  • @pinomiraglia8256
    @pinomiraglia8256 9 місяців тому

    Il Cinema
    di Michael Ciancimino
    L ho visto all aeroporto di
    Capodichino grande artista
    regista
    Michael Ciancimino

  • @cripplers8
    @cripplers8 5 місяців тому +2

    Sadly “God Bless America” isn’t taught as much as it once was in schools.

  • @nanny287
    @nanny287 4 місяці тому +1

    The Dear Hunter is brilliant, but Heaven’s Gate took down a studio and sadly, Mr. Cimino.

  • @andyhall7032
    @andyhall7032 Рік тому +5

    Ironically great Christopher Walken impression at 1:34

    • @PhilAndersonOutside
      @PhilAndersonOutside 7 місяців тому

      It's true how similar they are at times. Both grew up in NY boroughs, about 5 miles from one another (though Michael is older).

  • @pinomiraglia8256
    @pinomiraglia8256 Місяць тому

    🎭🎭⭐⭐⭐

  • @america1st721
    @america1st721 Місяць тому

    the movie is about Vietnam whether He believes it or not.

    • @ralphcrisp2896
      @ralphcrisp2896 7 днів тому

      You can't appreciate "The Deer Hunter," unless you are a deer hunter. First, let me say I agree it's about Vietnam. Now, a deer hunter learns that a Whitetail buck is a survival machine. Dinero knows this too. He reveres "The King of the Woods." I seem to recall Dinero shouting in Vietnam, "I'm the King of the Woods!" It's the spirit of the trophy whitetail he hunted in Pennsylvania that overshadows Dinero while he's in Vietnam....Hence the thesis is in the title, "The Deer Hunter." And it's the buck's survival instincts that keep Dinero alive. Life is a struggle to survive. Vietnam was a metaphor for life: stress, conflict, chaos, overwhelming odds of defeat. As Dinero shouted in crisis, "I'm the King of the Woods," that's the correct response to life's pressure moments. The intention of the movie, in my opinion, was to inspire, not just Vietnam veterans, but also others who need a reason to live.

  • @pinomiraglia8256
    @pinomiraglia8256 7 місяців тому

    💫💫💫💫💫💫

  • @jason-hy8ci
    @jason-hy8ci 27 днів тому

    IDK, but I think kids nowadays have probably Never even Heard "God Bless America." Never mind knowing the lyrics.

  • @deborahcady4100
    @deborahcady4100 3 місяці тому +1

    This guy is ful of it

  • @soda989
    @soda989 Рік тому

    breakfast
    bulls**t but i'll allow it
    rest in peace you crazy artist

  • @EgbertWilliams
    @EgbertWilliams 2 місяці тому

    Makes sense. Just like a guy making a career out of Russian Roulette for at least several months without dying. Or a group of 35-year-olds enlisting for Vietnam together. Or a soldier in uniform wearing a beard. Or mule deer in Pennsylvania.

    • @jason-hy8ci
      @jason-hy8ci 27 днів тому

      "Suspension of Disbelief."☝️

    • @EgbertWilliams
      @EgbertWilliams 27 днів тому

      @@jason-hy8ci That's not meant to apply to blatant, unintentional mistakes or dramatic laziness.

  • @GuildOfTheBlackCrow
    @GuildOfTheBlackCrow Рік тому +4

    One of the most middle-of-the-road directors of all time.

    • @lepetitchat123
      @lepetitchat123 11 місяців тому

      One hit wonder.
      Well that "wonder" is not even that good

  • @barbarjinx3802
    @barbarjinx3802 Рік тому +8

    One of the two most overrated directors of all time next to Malick.

    • @MelancoliaI
      @MelancoliaI Рік тому

      It's true.

    • @lepetitchat123
      @lepetitchat123 11 місяців тому

      I will say righly rated coz he is not really well known now.

  • @hockeyfanism
    @hockeyfanism 27 днів тому

    This guy just go too weird. It's unfortunate.