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brooklynboy49

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18. The Deer Hunter

Wed Apr 23, 2014, 11:33 AM

Apr 2014

You know how there's chatter as a movie empties out, people discussing why they did or didn't like the movie?

I saw The Deer Hunter during a limited engagement in Manhattan when it was first released. As the movie emptied out, there was an eerie silence, like nothing I'd ever experienced before or have since. The movie was that powerful.

It is unquestionably one of the best and most powerful movies I've ever seen, but I'll never see it again. I just wouldn't be able to do it. It is a movie which everyone should see. But it isn't a movie that lends itself to repeated viewings. At least it wasn't for me.

It's still with me today, 35+ years after the fact. I will never forget it.

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movies you can't get out of your mind. [View all] mopinko Mar 2014 OP

Izo. ZombieHorde Mar 2014 #1

that is actually quite tempting. and pretty much what i mean. mopinko Mar 2014 #2

Do you read Italian? siligut Apr 2014 #23

The Last Supper JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #3

Seconds (1966) Little_Wing Mar 2014 #4

watched the clips at the link mopinko Mar 2014 #6

I love the grape-stomping orgy scene in Seconds. Great flick. Keep meaning to see La Jetee. nt valerief Apr 2014 #19

"The Lives of Others" (2006) Paladin Mar 2014 #5

The Lives Of Others Portland Cyclist Mar 2014 #8

Re: Lives Of Others Portland Cyclist Mar 2014 #9

Finished Portland Cyclist Mar 2014 #10

Glad you liked it. Paladin Apr 2014 #25

Reminds me of gang stalking by the NSA siligut Apr 2014 #24

Alien Isolation Portland Cyclist Mar 2014 #7

James Jarmusch's "Dead Man" FSogol Apr 2014 #11

Oh wow, I saw that one! And I bet you and I are two of the very few who did. scarletwoman Apr 2014 #12

Yeah, Gary Farmer was awesome. You and your son should watch Jarmusch's FSogol Apr 2014 #13

Son is now married and lives 1000 miles away. scarletwoman Apr 2014 #14

I saw Stranger Than Paradise in the theater back when it was released. valerief Apr 2014 #20

"The Sound of My Voice" yallerdawg Apr 2014 #15

Never Let Me Go HeiressofBickworth Apr 2014 #16

Makes you rethink asking... yallerdawg Apr 2014 #17

The Deer Hunter brooklynboy49 Apr 2014 #18

yup mopinko Apr 2014 #21

You wanna really blow your mind on a binge? yallerdawg Apr 2014 #22

full metal jacket haunted me for quite a while. mopinko Apr 2014 #26

"Heart of Darkness" yallerdawg Apr 2014 #27

Not a fan of Apocalypse Now brooklynboy49 Apr 2014 #36

A song inspired by The Deer Hunter! RIP Stiv Bators (an aquired taste, to be sure) yallerdawg Apr 2014 #33

Thanks for posting brooklynboy49 Apr 2014 #35

"The Cell" yallerdawg Apr 2014 #28

Oh, gosh, "the Cell"! I would have never remembered that one! scarletwoman Apr 2014 #29

This is the only thing I know of Jennifer Lopez. yallerdawg Apr 2014 #30

Well, you apparently never saw "Maid in Manhattan" - yeeccchhh! scarletwoman Apr 2014 #31

JLo's best movie brooklynboy49 Apr 2014 #34

"Donnie Darko" yallerdawg Apr 2014 #32

I was permanlty fucked up by "Eraserhead" and "Das Boot." hunter Jun 2014 #37

DH and i watched eraserhead for the first time when our youngest was in high school mopinko Jun 2014 #38

Another sad "The one that got away" story? yallerdawg Jun 2014 #39

Ha, good choices. I'd add "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover." SMC22307 Dec 2014 #43

'Le Bal' and 'Divorcing Jack' lupinella Jun 2014 #40

ALIEN honeybee05 Jun 2014 #41

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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas g00dfella Jan 2015 #44