{"product_id":"the-deer-hunter-brad-prager-9781839025419","title":"The Deer Hunter","description":"\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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-sc鈩e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinally, 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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brad Prager\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1839025417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839025419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e British Film Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Brad Prager","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44122557251839,"sku":"9781839025419","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df6de46a-8f71-4794-a77a-de80005512f3.jpg?v=1687425795","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-deer-hunter-brad-prager-9781839025419","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}