Deer Hunter - "This is this"

Michael (Deniro) talking to Stanley (Cazale). "This is this. This ain't somethin' else...THIS is THIS."




Brilliant!

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Film & Animation

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• hunter
• Deniro
• this

[asterism549]

Dude..."It's all there. Black and White. Clear as crystal. "

[asterism549]

True that, true that.

[pibada2]

it means THIS isn't THAT or THAT isn't THIS...just THIS is THIS.

[Powerdrift5]

Michael: Every time he comes up, he's got no knife, he's got no jacket, he's got no pants, he's got no boots. All he's got is that stupid gun he carries around like John Wayne. Stanley, see this? This is THIS. This ain't somethin' else. This is this. From now on, you're on your own.

[LordBrakensiek]

@fallenshadows555 Basically Michael is telling Stan that he is a man and as a man should take care of himself.

[jlw1965]

@clancy6969 I agree. But I think he's primarily responding to Stan here. Stan is a fake. He carries around a gun, which he doesn't respect and waves wrecklessly in people's faces. He brags about all the women he's slept with. He's loud and coarse. Stan makes a big show of what a man's man he is, but he isn't. It's all show. He's completely unprepared for the trip, and Michael is putting him in his place by refusing to loan him anything.

[clancy6969]

@jlw1965

They are just about to ship off to Vietnam, and the reality of it has hit home with Mike, but not the others. Be prepared or be dead, but more then that, he is saying life is happening right now, and its too fleeting to not pay attention.

[jlw1965]

@fallenshadows555 I think he's saying "You always come up here without the equipment you need. I needed this bullet, so I brought this bullet."

[patriot1942]

Analyse THIS!

[pascal7414]

One of my favorite movies, one of my favorite scenes.

[17darsh]

it bugs me that the bullet goes out of the frame.

[StormZephyr]

@asterism549

Wrong, sir. Wrong.

[YourProblem1]

@ryancook17 True that brother.

[ryancook17]

this is this