Full Metal Jacket Diary by Matthew Modine (2005, Hardcover)

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PublisherRUGGED Land
ISBN-101590710479
ISBN-139781590710470
eBay Product ID (ePID)43380440

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Book TitleFull Metal Jacket Diary
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPersonal Memoirs, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Film / Direction & Production
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenrePerforming Arts, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorMatthew Modine
FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight50.9 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width9.6 in

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SynopsisDespite 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 camerainspired by Kubrick's early career as a Look photographerand a notebook to record his own on-set reporta≥ 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 nowafter two decades and the death of Kubrickcan Modine look back on his images and words. The resulta 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., 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., By the time his tour of duty filming "Full Metal Jacket" was over, actor Modine had shot hundreds of photos and written countless journal entries. Now, after two decades and the death of enigmatic Stanley Kubric, he can look back at his images and words in this coming-of-age chronicle.

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