Monday, April 26, 2021

Full Metal Jacket (1987)


The line is spoken seconds before the Tet Offensive, when North Vietnam launched a coordinated attack on a number of Southern Vietnamese targets, including U.S. Army bases and the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. One soldier (the film's protagonist) declares he is "bored" and another more experienced soldier (pictured) implies he has no right to say that because he hasn't "been in the shit, man" (the "shit" referring to jungle combat). It is the more experienced soldier who says (at 53:36), "It's hard to talk about; it's like on Hastings," and yes, I thought of Vancouver's Hastings Street -- East Hastings between Carrall and Columbia.

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