If I had a nickle for each 1970s Best Picture winner that began with an long wedding scene I’d have two nickles, which isn’t a lot but is strange it has happened twice. It might happen more, I haven’t seen all the winners yet. The Godfather and The Deer Hunter are both full of machismoContinue reading “My Big Fat 70s Weddings – The Godfather and The Deer Hunter”
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Living in a MADD World – The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter is famous (or notorious) for its brutally affecting Russian roulette scenes. They are riveting scenes that I will not talk about. Instead I want to think about the idea that “This movie couldn’t be made today,” that is often thrown about as an insult to modern sensibilities. Usually “movies that couldn’t beContinue reading “Living in a MADD World – The Deer Hunter”
The Keasy Depot 