adventure the infamous game of russian roulette may or may not be historically accurate for director michael chaney no russian roulette is a metaphor for how combat really feels. combat is waiting because of firefly usually is fierce. unbelievably. insane and this is over in a very short space of time. and then you're. you're a paraplegic. one of the through between you know. when steven spielberg recreated the world war 2 d.-day landings in saving private ryan he made it as visceral and violent as anything deer hunter. spielberg wanted to try to put the viewer exactly in the position of one of the infantry soldiers you know who had. his body was essentially you know a target the viewer can feel the fear the. the excitement the pressure the terror the nervousness everything there's no other way that an audience would get that much of a strong impression of exactly what it was like to be in that battle. because it's very uncomfortable for the viewer but at the same time in an almost perverse way it's fascinating and he said because it's like going on a ghost writer on the gossip we experience someth