{"product_id":"the-deer-hunter-9781839025419","title":"The Deer Hunter","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Cimino’s \u003ci\u003eThe Deer Hunter \u003c\/i\u003ewas met with both critical and commercial success upon its release in 1978. However, it was also highly controversial and came to be seen as a powerful statement on the human cost of America's longest war and as a colonialist glorification of anti-Asian violence.    Brad Prager's study of the film considers its significance as a war movie and contextualizes its critical reception. Drawing on an archive of contemporaneous materials, as well as an in-depth analysis of the film’s lighting, mise-en-scène, multiple cameras and shifting depths of field, Prager examines how the film simultaneously presents itself as a work of cinematic realism, while problematically blurring the lines between fact and fiction. While Cimino felt he had no responsibility to historical truth, depicting a highly stylized version of his own fantasies about the Vietnam War, Prager argues that \u003ci\u003eThe Deer Hunter’s\u003c\/i\u003e formal elements were used to bolster his troubling depictions of war and race.  Finally, comparing the film with later depictions of US-led intervention such as Albert and Allen Hughes’s \u003ci\u003eDead Presidents \u003c\/i\u003e(1995) and Spike Lee’s \u003ci\u003eDa Five Bloods\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), Prager illuminates \u003ci\u003eThe Deer Hunter’s\u003c\/i\u003e major presumptions, blind spots and omissions, while also presenting a case for its classic status.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Realism and Truth 2. Mountains and Fog 3. “There’s Rats in Here” 4. Coming Home  5. “God Bless America” Conclusion Notes Credits Bibliography","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48868623483223,"sku":"9781839025419","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781839025419.jpg?v=1722288928","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-deer-hunter-9781839025419","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}