Moon In The Gutter: Images From My All Time Favorite Films: Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter (1978)

Saturday, June 27, 2026

Images From My All Time Favorite Films: Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter (1978)

13 comments:

Unknown said...: Nice screen caps. This is an incredible film with an absolutely blistering performance by Christopher Walken. Nice choice, Jeremy!; December 15, 2008 at 9:28 AM
Nostalgia Kinky said...: Thanks JD,
I'll always count this among my favorite films and totally agree on Walken.; December 15, 2008 at 9:52 AM
Joel Bocko said...: A very powerful film, in large part because of the imagery. It's certainly one of the most mythic movies of the past 30 years.

Have you seen Thunderbolt and Lightfoot? It was an earlier Cimino film (his first, I think) which I only just saw recently - very different in tone, yet with the same feel for landscapes, rustic towns, and male camaraderie.; December 15, 2008 at 6:08 PM
Professor Brian O'Blivion said...: Awsome caps. Love Walken in this. Also how do you make your cool wallpapers? The Heat one is great, my favorite image from that film.; December 15, 2008 at 10:36 PM
Samuel Wilson said...: Those shots get the old cavatina playing in my head again. Walken's great here, but my thoughts are more like, "Poor John Cazale" -- although no actor comes closer to a perfect record in movies -- and "poor Michael Cimino!"; December 16, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Nostalgia Kinky said...: Thanks for the continuing comments...and Viva Michael Cimino!; December 16, 2008 at 6:54 PM
Nostalgia Kinky said...: Professor,
The wallpapers are fairly simple...I just capture the full screen image of my choice. Load it up in paint and then add some text. I wish I had more expertise in the subject but I quite enjoy doing them and having them as my desktops each week. Thanks for the nice words...; December 16, 2008 at 6:55 PM
Professor Brian O'Blivion said...: Oh, and I love your custom title header pics for your blog too, some cool image choices. Later.; December 16, 2008 at 11:58 PM
PIPER said...: I own this film and can only watch it about half-way through now. The arc in this story is so incredible. To go from being so epic to so personal is really fantastic filmmaking.

The Walken scenes at the end are too well done. It's saddening and painful to watch for me. So instead I watch the wedding party and up to the Russian Roulette scene which feels in the camp.

I still have yet to watch Heaven's Gate and want to.

On a separate note. Isn't Cimino a woman now?; December 17, 2008 at 11:05 AM
Will Errickson said...: I'd seen DEER HUNTER several times over the years and it always left me underwhelmed. It seemed unfocused, overwrought, overlong, and not nearly as effective as APOCALYPSE NOW. Then recently I caught it on TV late one night--not even letterboxed!--and I could not look away for 3 hours. The whole thing hit me like a freight train. Glorious. I can't hear "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" with thinking of this sad and powerful film.; December 18, 2008 at 9:11 AM
PIPER said...: Um... so I did a little research and I'm way off on that last question.; December 18, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Parker McKelway said...: This is one of those films that shows off new colors every time I see it. Like "The Shining." Or Coltrane's "My Favorite Things." On a tangent, did you see any of those photos of Cimino's face recently? Michael Jackson has nothing on him.; December 19, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Nostalgia Kinky said...: Thanks everyone,
Forgive my delay in commenting. It's great to hear so many different views on the film. I find it to be one of the most resonate from the seventies, and I feel a great connection to De Niro's character here that gives it an extra depth for me.

MovieMan,
I have seen Thunderbolt and Lightfoot and really enjoy it. I really dig Cimino, and wish he could get some decent finanacing for a new project.; December 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM