IVIV re Full Metal Jacket

[Joe Allonby]

I believe that we have discussed in the past certain scenes in the
movie were lifted from Robert Roth's "Sand in the Wind" in addition to
"Short-Timers.

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Doug Millison <dougmillison at comcast.net> wrote:
> Full Metal Jacket is available for streaming at Netflix.com which is
> offering a free trial.  I watched it again yesterday evening.  The source,
> The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford, is  a Vietnam novel I often recommend.
>  http://corky.net/scripts/FullMetalJacket.html The way the movie jams mashes
> music silliness together with the awful war scene reminded me of IV's
> general tone, and I find Pynchon's take on the end of the '60s as dark and
> even more frantic.
>
> […]
> HARTMAN
>  I'll bet you're the kind of guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not
> even have the goddam common courtesy to give him a reach-around! I'll be
> watching you!
>
>  Sergeant HARTMAN walks down the line to another recruit, a tall, overweight
> boy.
>
>  HARTMAN
>  Did your parents have any children that lived?
>
> […]