Full Metal Jacket is a movie defined by the humanity of its characters and the inhumanity of their situation. When Stanley Kubrick decided to adapt the Gustav Hasford novel The Short-Timers, which is about soldiers in Vietnam, he wanted to cast a wide array of people. He wanted it to look like the real frontlines of Vietnam, and he wanted to take a bunch of chances. One of those was initially changing the character of Private Pyle from a "skinny ignorant redneck" into a large, portly person we'd feel sorry for. But once that change was made, Kubrick found it nearly impossible to cast that character. So how did Vincent D’Onofrio find his way onto the set and into the pantheon of legendary characters? D’Onofrio got his start in live theater. But a chance encounter with Matthew Modine in Times Square would launch D’Onofrio into a film career that would begin with one of cinema’s greatest performances under arguably the biggest name in film—Stanley Kubrick. Check out this video from CinemaTyler, and let's talk after the jump. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 16 November, 2020