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But, those of us in the radio industry must all absorb that third assertion – “AM radio is dead” – believe it, and move on. Or, who the “Anonymous” is that came up with the second one. But I am still alive.It doesn’t matter that Albert Einstein or Ben Franklin didn’t utter the first quote.
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At the end Full Metal Jacket, Joker fittingly reflects on his existence – “I am in a world of shit. It is a remarkably impactful scene that bleeds into the rest of the film as the Joker struggles to come to terms with the duality of mankind at war. Kubrick’s Vietnam War film morphs into a war-horror film in one haunting scene. It may be the one of cinema’s most realistic suicide scenes. Masculinity fights itself and loses.Īudiences can be forgiven for overlooking the vastly underappreciated second half of this film as Leonard’s suicide has an unsettling effect which lingers long after. This gripping scene reaches its end when Leonard shoots Hartman and then – sparing Joker – kills himself. Kubrick gives us a glimpse of an innocent young man who has been broken by mentality of a killer fit for war. The crazed look on his face is unimaginable from the child-like grin he dons at the start of the film. “I am in a world of shit” remarks Leonard, and his transition into the violent and masculine world is complete. Joker shines the torch to reveal Leonard’s fierce bull-like stare which is not too dissimilar from Jack Torrance in Kubrick’s The Shining (1980). When the Joker enters the ‘Head’ room and sees Leonard armed with a rifle the tension is inescapable. It is an arresting change from the country twangs of Johnny Wright’s ‘Hello Vietnam’ which open the film. The slow drippings of a tap and Vivian Kubrick’s (daughter of Stanley and credited on the film as Abigail Mead) piercingly eerie score provokes an overwhelming sense of dread. When the murder-suicide scene arrives it is a striking piece of cinema. Hartman’s relentless barrage of ridicule and humiliation provides a tension which simmers until the film reaches its midpoint climax. From the outset Hartman targets Leonard as an infantile figure that is incapable of surviving in his hyper-masculine environment. His verbally aggressive approach eventually contributes to the mental breakdown of Leonard (whom he names ‘Gomer Pyle’, a reference to a simple, slow and southern television character). The Marines are tested both mentally and physically by Hartman who acts as the masculine measuring stick for the recruits. The breakdown and murder-suicide of Leonard Lawrence (Vincent D’Onofrio) is a bone-chillingly brilliant piece of cinema.įull Metal Jacket is often remembered by for its Marines in-training opening-half led by the immensely entertaining and quotable Drill Sergeant Hartman (R. However, there is one scene which stands alone as the most disturbing in Kubrick’s collection.
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The Marines of Corp 3092 don’t pray to God, they pray to their rifles.įull Metal Jacket (1987) is a film that observes the complexities of modern war and – as per the genius of Stanley Kubrick – there are a multitude of philosophical and existential questions posed.