Every uncle and uncle will have their youth, maybe they are not as handsome as the little plums, but looking at their fresh faces and passionate youth, we can always get a glimpse of the beautiful years of that era. Some times are really beautiful, seeing De Niro, Walken, Aunt May, how high-spirited they were at that time, really kind. How many are fascinated by their happy hour. All of this may make us miss, maybe we can see our own shadow, and even at a certain moment, tears well up in our eyes.
The film is about America in the 1960s and 1970s. The story of five young men and the Vietnam War. Vietnam lost, the recession, baby boomers, sexual liberation, drugs, alcohol, black repression... that's what that era was all about. People are confused, decadent, and full of pain. Mike, a young but bearded man, may be the epitome of the American of that era. Still, I don't want to talk about war today, because every era has its own "war". You can ask your parents, ask them about their youth, and they'll say "fuck it" to you like the officer in that bar. They were just as young as you, driving around with three or two brothers, drinking and singing in bars, streaking around the streets at midnight, fighting, swearing, and talking about women. But you have to know, when yesterday is gone, what kind of "war" made them what they are today.
In the story, some people hold on to their beliefs and hold on to righteousness. Some people have experienced ups and downs and are full of scars. Some people live an ordinary life and are happy. Others are confused and lost in the world. They are deer hunters, they have hunted their lives, and they have hunted this entire era.
Today is the 21st century, we live in China, and this is an era of peace. What was your "war" like, what did you go through, what did you have, who did you love, what did you hunt?
(Just this document to director Michael Cimino and actor John Keizer, thank you for creating this great work for us. Bless you in the afterlife and have a full life.)
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