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Stanley Kubrick: Vietnam War
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Kubrick made the leap to independent feature filmmaking by convincing his uncle Martin Perveler to finance a low-budget film. Kubrick co-wrote the existentially drenched script with Howard O. Sackler, who went on to win a Pulitzer Prize for The Great White Hope. Kubrick photographed the film himself in black and white without studio assistance or Hollywood professionals. Although the film is crude, it reveals the raw beginnings of his dynamic sense of cinematic composition and introduces themes he tackled throughout his career-the futility of war and the cruel nature of man.
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Kubrick attended William Howard Taft High School 1941รข€“1945. He was a poor student with a meager 67 grade average. On graduation from high school in 1945, when soldiers returning from the Second World War crowded colleges, his poor grades eliminated hopes of higher education. Later in life, Kubrick spoke disdainfully of his education and of education in general, maintaining that nothing about school interested him.
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The film is noteworthy for its use of pre-period pop music, which makes it stand out in Kubrick's canon. Among the '60s tunes prominently featured are Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots are Made for Walking", Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs' "Wooly Bully", The Trashmen's title-combining "Surfin' Bird", The Dixie Cups' "Chapel of Love", and as end credits accompaniment, The Rolling Stones' "Paint It, Black." Interestingly, the one older song that carries the most dramatic meaning, the troops' film-closing rendition of "The Mickey Mouse Club March", doesn't appear in the end credits. Still, its significance -- that war makes boys out of men, rather than the converse -- isn't to be missed by many.
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