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Deer Hunter, The

Drama, War

An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War disrupts and impacts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.


The critical consensus

An American tragedy indebted to Russian literature, alive with detail and ritual and embedding viewers in the souls of men, the heart of a community and the spilled guts of a nation.

*****Jamie Graham, Total Film, 28/07/2014

Impressively, Cimino manages to fluctuate involvingly between cynicism and compassion in what feels like a three hour cinematic ache.

****(*)Juliet Buchan, The Skinny, 29/07/2014

Where Cimino's Heaven's Gate has matured into a classic over the years, this one feels less the classic it was once deemed.

David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 31/07/2014

This is Cimino's masterpiece.

*****Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 31/07/2014

Where and when?

Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Friday August 1, 2014, until Thursday August 7, 2014. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com

Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Sunday August 3, 2014, until Tuesday August 5, 2014. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/

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