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Stanley Kubricks daughter says late dad would have backed Trump after he uses Full Metal Jacket footage in campaign video
Here’s Donny!The daughter of the late film director Stanley Kubrick says former President Donald Trump has her “blessing” to use footage from her father’s Vietnam War masterpiece “Full Metal Jacket” in a campaign video touting a return to a strong US military.Vivian Kubrick on Sunday defended the 45th president’s new campaign video, which used the iconic performance of real-life Marine Corps drill instructor R.Lee Ermey in the 1987 film to rail against “woke” initiatives pushed by the Harris-Biden Pentagon.“I agree in principle that an anti-war movie is incongruous with promoting the idea of a tough non-woke US military and thus war itself – however – these are very dangerous and strange times and thus using this footage is doubtless pure expedience,” Kubrick began a lengthy X post.“Because I’m sure the irony of using [‘Full Metal Jacket’] footage is not lost on Trump or his team – Trump is always seeking to end wars and use peaceful methods,” continued Kubrick, who composed the movie’s score pseudonymously and briefly appeared as an extra.
“However, that’s primarily what FMJ is about, the shocking and complicated paradoxes of human nature.“And thus, on this tooth and claw planet, you need a very strong military – so I’m going to stick with the idea that FMJ footage was used primarily because of its powerful, realistic portrayal of boot camp, juxtaposed with the entirely demoralizing and inappropriate injection of WOKE ideology into the USA military,” she went on.“Which I agree with myself and which I’m certain my father would have agreed with.“Truthfully, I believe my father (who supported Reagan), would very much approve of saving America, indeed the world, from the highly destructive Globalist forces threatening to take over this planet,” she added.
“And if that footage from FMJ helps Trump make the point that the US military needs properly trained, super tough, focused, dedicated warriors, and not i...