[UA] Russian Roulette... once agian... sorry

[Tim Toner]

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  From: Alikev 
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  Subject: [UA] Russian Roulette... once agian... sorry



  Following on from the conversation about Russian Roulette and it's origins... is there any
  documented evidence of the game being played in Vietnam.  I watched The Deer Hunter
  again the other night and felt strongly that if Michael Cimino was so entranced by the Russian
  Roulette games in the field and in Saigon that there must be something to it.  Does anyone
  know of this or was Cimino using it purely for dramatic/symbolic effect?  In fact, if Michael
  Cimino or anyone involved knows please let us know.  My girlfriend and I are becoming
  obsessed! 

  alikev at ibsen.fsnet.co.uk 


>From http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Forum/6370/dhanalysis.html:

Another point critics focused on were the dramatic Russian Roulette scenes. They were accused of being entirely fictitious and Cimino had to admit that a game like this has never been played in SouthEast Asia but pleaded for dramatic license.
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