Abstract
The futility of the Vietnam War can be understood through the uniqueness of Stanley Kubrick's film Full Metal Jacket (1987). Its reemphasis on the ‘dislocation and disjuncture’ of the Vietnam experience is an antithesis to the masculinity of Platoon or Rambo. Its value is in the film's repudiation of any ‘new patriotism’ or reversion to the commercially viable frontier myths. Kubrick used brutal realism and dramatic irony to show the disruptive effects of the war. The result of this decision is a film that engages the international audience in multiple fronts by revealing the disconcerted, ugly and controversial facet of the human condition in Vietnam.1 1The author wishes to thank Dr Daniel Crosswell and Associate Professor Kevin Blackburn for reading and commenting on previous drafts.
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