Attitudes to War - Kubrick's Absurd Reflections

Wellington 2022-04-21 09:01:11

In this all-metal case, Kubrick showed his early Dr. Strangelove-style black humor style, but the central theme is closer to the road of glory, and the work has a more profound depiction of violence within the army , which ironically shows that soldiers trained in this way can only become their own enemies in the end. When the Vietnam War began, when the soldiers under the camera were asked why they participated in the war, they could only show ignorance and hesitation in their words and expressions. Finally, under the firelight, they sang the fairy-tale Mickey Mouse. Song, march to the next village.

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  • Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Oh that's right, Private Pyle, don't make any fucking effort to get to the top of the fucking obstacle. If God would have wanted you up there he would have miracled your ass up there by now, wouldn't he?

  • Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: I bet you're the kind of guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to give him a reach-around. I'll be watching you.