![]() ![]() He was a tough director, in that he always took so long to make his films and insisited on many takes but the brilliance clearly shows through. It was also important to own the film directed by the stellar Stanley Kubrick. Since I grew up during this time, it has personal significance as well as historical significance. I decided to purchase my own copy because this film has become the classie film about the Vietnam War. I had seen the movie "Full Metal Jacket" several times on television. A moving commentary on the dehumanizing process that occurs when soldiers prepare and engage in battle, FULL METAL JACKET is an unforgettable experience from one of the most original voices to ever pick up a movie camera. London's abandoned docklands may not be the most obvious choice of location to replicate the ravages of the Vietnam landscape, but this is where Kubrick shot the film, sticking to his dogged principles of not shooting outside his adopted home. PLATOON had proceeded Kubrick's film by a year, and lesser efforts such as HAMBURGER HILL also emerged in 1987. Unusually for Kubrick, FULL METAL JACKET emerged at a time when a trend for films about Vietnam was in full swing. The story is told through the eyes of Private Joker (Matthew Modine), a cynical aspiring photojournalist who is forced to fight for his life and the lives of his fellow recruits. The second half takes the grunts to Hue City, where the climactic battle of the 1968 Tet Offensive-and the turning point of the Vietnam War-took place. ![]() ![]() The first half of the film focuses on the training of a squad of Marine grunts on Parris Island, and more specifically on the troubled relationship between the brutal drill sergeant (a frightening Lee Ermey) and an oafish misfit (a brilliant Vincent D'Onofrio) who just happens to be a sharpshooter. FULL METAL JACKET (1987), adapted from Gustav Hasford's novel THE SHORT TIMERS, is broken down into two very different parts. STRANGELOVE (the Cold War), once again explores the behavior of men in battle. In this riveting look at military life during the Vietnam conflict, Stanley Kubrick, who made the powerful antiwar classics PATHS OF GLORY (WWI) and DR. ![]()
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