Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket", on Vietnam
In the New York Times, I found the Vincent Canby’s article “Kubrick's 'Full Metal Jacket,' on Vietnam”. Canby sets the article off by praising the visions of Stanley Kubrick as a great filmmaker. With this as the mindset of the author, the reader can begin reading the article with an idea of what Canby may have to say about the article.
Before delving into the actual film, “Full Metal Jacket”, Canby begins praising other works by Kubrick, establishing the fact that all of his previous movies follow an “off-putting”, “eccentric” scheme. Throughout the review, Canby focuses on these particular aspects of the film, only speaking of the plot when emphasis is needed to talk about the structure. Canby is quick to express how “disorder is virtually the order” of Kubrick’s vision. The speech Canby uses seems to be written for a reader who is literate in the art of creating film or at least familiar with other Kubrick works. However all in all, Vincent Canby expresses an interesting view on “Full Metal Jacket” which intrigues the reader in to wanting to watch the movie to some extent.
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