Full Metal Jacket

Context

  1. Research Vietnam war
  2. How long did it last? The war began in 1954 (conflict in the region dates back to the mid-1940s), after the rise to power of Ho Chi Minh and his communist Viet Minh party in North Vietnam, it continued against the backdrop of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  3. When did it start and when did it end? The war began in 1954 and lasted until 1975, when communist forces seized control of Saigon, bringing the official end of the Vietnam War, though the country wasn’t unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam until 1976.
  4. Who won the war?
  5. How many lives were lost? Over  3 million people (of which 58,000 were Americans) lost their lives in the Vietnam War; more than half of the casualties were Vietnamese civilians.

 

  1. Research iconic images from the Vietnam war. 1.Discuss the subject 2. Discuss composition 3. Discuss the impact
** EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT ** South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, chief of the national police, fires his pistol, shoots, executes into the head of suspected Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem (also known as Bay Lop) on a Saigon street Feb. 1, 1968, early in the Tet Offensive. (AP Photo/Eddie Adams)

Some of the most iconic images of the Vietman War, were not actually taken in Vietnam.    The Civil Rights movement was gaining momentum back in the USA, and there was a lot of protesting against America’s involvement in Vietnam.

Image #: 78781 A demonstrator offers a flower to military police on guard at the Pentagon during an anti-Vietnam protest. Landov

One of the famous images of the whole Vietnam War, was the boxing champion Muhammed Ali refusing the draft to join the army and fight in the Vietnam War.

(“Muhammad Ali On The Vietnam War And Racism.”)

(“Muhammad Ali On The Vietnam War And Racism.”)

https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/vietnam-war-photos-that-made-a-difference/?_r=0

 

Film analysis

  1. How is the film divided?
  2. How many parts are there?
  3. Can you describe them?
  4. How do you perceive the relationship with the characters and their rifle?
  5. Is the gun worshipped?
  6. Does this film bring to our attention some problems regarding the use of firearms?
  7. What happens when the army tries to uniform soldiers?
  8. Is the film about individuality?
  9. Do you have to loose your humanity in order to kill
  10. The Born to Kill symbol and the Peace symbol. What do they suggest?
  11. Is a part of Joker lost at the end?
  12. Why do we hear the Mickey Mouse song?
  13. Did you watch other Vietnam war films?
  14. Which one?
  15. Can you compare and contrast with FMJ?

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_in_film

Bibliography

“Muhammad Ali On The Vietnam War And Racism.”. YouTube. N.p., 2017. Web. 8 Mar. 2017.

“No Viet Cong. Called Me Nigger”. YouTube. N.p., 2017. Web. 8 Mar. 2017.

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