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Full Metal Jacket Diary
Written by Matthew Modine
October 2005
978-1-59071-047-0 (1-59071047-9)
304 pages, 10 x 10
About this Book
Despite the infamous reputation of the enigmatic Stanley Kubrick,
Matthew Modine couldn’t refuse his offer. Faced with the prospects
of a career-defining role and mentorship by a cinematic great, the
24-year-old Hollywood actor arrived in London armed with a large-format
Roliflex camera–inspired by Kubrick’s early career as a Look photographer–and
a notebook to record his own on-set reportage; preparation for his
starring role as a Marine Corps journalist.
But expectations eroded as a strange, creeping sickness pervaded the
set, a horrific accident sidelined a principal, and an unexpected
rivalry arose with a co-star. And as the months dragged on, take-by-take,
Modine realized he was falling victim to a manipulative mind-game
of the Grand Master himself.
By the time his tour of duty ended a year and a half later, Modine
had shot hundreds of photos and written countless entries. Only now–after
two decades and the death of Kubrick–can Modine look back on his images
and words. The result–a coming-of-age drama set against the backdrop
of a seminal Vietnam saga.
A book like no other, Stanley Kubrick would have been the first in
line to buy Full Metal Jacket Diary.
About this Author
Matthew Modine has starred in over forty films, including Any Given
Sunday, Pacific Heights, Married to the Mob, Vision Quest, and Birdy.
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