Thursday, January 12, 2012
I Watched Full Metal Jacket, Again
I still think the first part (of three in the book it's based on, The Short-Timers by the late Gustav Hasford) is about the best filmmaking Kubrick ever did. Introducing us to R. Lee Ermey and Vincent D'Onofrio with prominent roles for both was no small matter either. But what struck me again was the cadence chants during the training runs. Here's part of one:
I don't know but I've been told
Eskimo pussy is mighty cold.
You just have to admire the epistemological honesty.
I don't know but I've been told
Eskimo pussy is mighty cold.
You just have to admire the epistemological honesty.
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