yeah, and the militarization of the whole society in a way
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Scorsese and Mallick are pretty much alone among American directors in rejecting the "Good War" myth, no?
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Yes, very much Kubrick -- that first movie "Fear and Desire" (although set in a nameless/timeless war) is really a critique of WWII movies.
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Truffaut I think. It's true. "Full Metal Jacket" has even been adopted by the Marines.
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Full Metal Jacket is Kubrick! And very explicitly about the dehumanization of Marine training. Yet marines watch it like it's porn.
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Yes -- all the big "anti-war" movies are easily misread as pro-war.
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