answered: Write a critical essay of 800-1000 words on the film “Deer h

  

Write a critical essay of 800-1000 words on the film “Deer hunter”. You are encouraged to offer your own insights, but you should address some of the following questions. How does the hour-long opening section of the film (through the conclusion of the hunting sequence) set up the rest? How does the director use mise-en-scene to establish the world the characters come from? In what ways does this world seem self-contained and outside of its own time, the late 1960s and early 1970s? How are the relationships between the characters and their respective personalities revealed, and what do we learn about them? In the wedding scene, how does the director use foreshadowing to hint at the main characters’ respective fates? Do the characters seem to be in control of their own destinies, or do they give the impression of surrendering to circumstances and fate? What is the significance of the barroom encounter with the Green Beret? How do the characters fulfill or depart from the expectations set up for them in the film’s opening section? What is the film’s position on friendship and loyalty? How does Meryl Streep’s character grow during the course of the film? What is the film’s position on the morality of the Vietnam War and the duty of the individual? How does the film employ contrasts between interiors and exteriors, shadows and light to make thematic points? When the film was released in 1978 it was acclaimed, but also generated intense controversy. Research and discuss the issues at the heart of this controversy and how they manifested in the film.