Dehumanization and the Echo of War: The Impact of “Full Metal Jacket” and its Soundtrack

Stanley Kubrick was one of the best of all time with films like 'A Clockwork Orange', 'The Shining' or '2001: A Space Odyssey'. In this post I'm going to talk about one of my favorite movies, 'Full Metal Jacket', a film that shows us in a raw way the insides of the Vietnam War, from the training camp to the battle itself.

Key Aspects of "Full Metal Jacket"

First act:

• The first part is so different from the second that it seems like two different movies and I also think that the first 45 minutes are much better than everything that follows but I also think that the movie is really understood thanks to the second part also going back to the beginning even though he is Joker (Matthew Modine) the protagonist of the film

• As I said even though he is Matthew Modine the protagonist of the film the two most iconic characters of this part Leonard "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence (Vincent D'Onofrio) is the clumsy one and Sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermey) the first minutes seem like a stand up show of the

• sergeant even though most of us burst out laughing at that part we can't leave aside how nefarious this guy was physically and psychologically abusing the whole group to

• depersonalize them and turn them into killing machines in a number on a spreadsheet in an object of war.

Second act:

• It follows Joker, now a military journalist, as he covers the war in Vietnam. Through him, we see the senselessness, brutality and moral impact of war.

The Soundtrack of "Full Metal Jacket"

• In this film Kubrick uses the best songs of that time to attract the viewer's attention.

"Full Metal Jacket" is not only a cinematic masterpiece, but its soundtrack also plays an essential role in accentuating its critical, emotional and psychological message about war and human nature.