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actor Matthew Modine made a horrifying discovery on Amazon Prime. The platform seemingly had altered the iconic poster for Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 war movie, “Full Metal Jacket,” starring Modine and Vincent D’Onofrio. The phrase “Born to Kill,” scribbled on a camo Marine helmet, was suddenly gone.The digital clean-up crew did however, keep the helmet’s peace sign; some delicate soul, it appeared, thought the words were too inflammatory to remain.
“Who decided to remove ‘BORN TO KILL?’” Modine, 65 wrote on X, adding, “Not only did they alter a piece of iconic art by [designer] Philip Castle, but they completely misunderstood the point of it being there.“[My character] Pvt. Joker wears the helmet with ‘BORN TO KILL’ and the peace button as a statement about ‘the duality of man,’” Modine said.There is a pivotal scene in the movie when a colonel asks Modine’s young recruit character why he wrote “Born to kill” and wore a peace sign button. “What’s that supposed to be, some kind of sick joke?”Modine’s character explains that the combination refers to “The duality of man.
The Jungian thing, sir,” referring to psychiatrist Carl Jung.Heaven forbid we take a moment to employ critical thinking skills and curiosity, and probe beneath the surface to understand the words’ intent. There’s nuance and conflict in that poster — which is also a concept central to the movie. Naturally, the altered poster led to backlash.
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Matthew Modine, who starred in the 1987 Stanley Kubrick war comedy “Full Metal Jacket,” is outraged that Amazon changed the artwork on the platform’s landing page to rent the film. Modine, 65, took to X, formerly Twitter, to slam the streamer for tweaking the poster of the Oscar-nominated film. “Who decided to remove ‘BORN TO KILL?’’ Modine blasted Amazon in his tweet, adding, “Not only did they alter a piece of iconic art by Philip Castle, but they completely misunderstood the point of it being there.”On the movie’s original poster, there’s a war helmet with the words “Born to Kill” written on it.
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One of the central conceits in one of Staley Kubrick’s most popular works has been restored to the film’s detail page on Prime Video after mysteriously disappearing. There was an uproar in the past few days when the helmet in the poster for Full Metal Jacket appeared without the phrase “born to kill” on it. The phrase was later restored after Deadline made inquiries.
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