HUMAN 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Full Metal Jacket Bullet, Deindividuation, Self-Awareness
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Military culture o o o o o o o o o o o. Highly ritualized military rite of passage designed to transform idenity, one that will allow its members to execute violence on command in the name of the state. A process that has historically pited hyper-masculinity against civilian femininity. Becoming a member of the corps requires that one master its culture. A way of life informed by those who came before us, by the beliefs we hold, and the aciviies we perform. Kubrick based his ilm on hasford"s short timers (1979) Enlisted in the mc, like joker, was sent to vietnam as a combat correspondent. Short-imer calendars - calendars in a shape, colored down each shape. Uneasiness, might deploy with only a few weeks let, sense that it was ending. A lot of soldiers lost their lives at the last day. Hollywood is always inspired by the military training. Basic training inverts the ordinary at almost every point.