The Deer Hunter

By: Prager, Brad

Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter was 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839025417
• ISBN13: 9781839025419
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 7.1"