horror. >> when "the deer hunter" came out, it really shocked people. >> so much of that movie is about the deadening of life in the process of surviving life. >> some people thought that that film was too difficult, too raw, but i felt that realism was necessary for people to understand what happened. >> would you go if you had the chance again? >> "coming home" opens with veterans around a pool table. it was so important to ashby that he communicate the reality of the veteran that he simply said "go, improvise." >> when we come back and they say what we did was a waste, what happened was a waste, some of us can't live with it. >> and it completely legitimatizes everything to come. >> what are you doing here? why aren't you on the golf