«The Deer Hunter», 8 crazy curiosities about the film with Robert De Niro

2023-06-05 07:12:56

Both Robert De Niro and Michael Cimino had only one watchword in mind during the genesis of “The Deer Hunter”: realism. The actor prepared for the role by meeting the workers of a steel mill, while the director based some of the shots on real tests of resistance to pain. In the scene of the first Russian roulette the slaps received by the protagonists were in fact authentic slaps.

June 5, 2023 | 07:11

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