> in the end the american has a good heart and conscience and should be forgiven. Nothing about Apocalypse Now or Full Metal Jacket says that at all. Have you

> in the end the american has a good heart and conscience and should be forgiven. Nothing about Apocalypse Now or Full Metal Jacket says that at all. Have you even watched them? They’re both about how war and the military machine are devastating and dehumanizing to the soldier, and to the enemy. All words seem like egregious understatements for them so I recommend seeing them (or seeing them again). To my horror I did find out that the first half of Full Metal Jacket was attractive to enough teenage boys in the late 80s to eventually cause Jarhead to be produced [1]. I guess they stopped watching after the first half, or the idea of murdering teenage girls was attractive to them? Either way it is anything but propaganda. As for the other movies that do involve righting a wrong or at least exposing them, that’s not state propaganda. Primarily because the state is the villain in them and they encourage suspicion of the state, neither of which promotes state power. A movie which gives the feels about being an American doesn’t make something propaganda it makes it a movie that wants to sell to Americans. 1: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/magazine/full-metal-jacket-ermey-marine-corps.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/magazine/full-metal-jacke...