Stanley Kubrick’s daughter says her late father supported Trump after he used “Full Metal Jacket” footage in his campaign video

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The daughter of late film director Stanley Kubrick says former President Donald Trump had her “blessing” to use footage from her father’s Vietnam War masterpiece “Full Metal Jacket” in a campaign video promoting a return to a strong U.S. Military advertises.

Vivian Kubrick on Sunday defended the 45th president’s new campaign video, which used real-life Marine Corps instructor R. Lee Ermey’s iconic performance in the 1987 film to rail against “woke” initiatives from the Biden-Harris Pentagon.

“I agree in principle that an anti-war film is inappropriate in promoting the idea of ​​a tough, unvigilant US military and therefore war itself – however, these are very dangerous and strange times and so the use of this footage is undoubtedly pure expedience .” Kubrick began a long X post.

“Because I’m sure it’s an irony of use [‘Full Metal Jacket’] “The footage is not lost on Trump or his team – Trump is always committed to ending wars and using peaceful methods,” continued Kubrick, who composed the film’s score under a pseudonym and appeared briefly as an extra. “However, FMJ is primarily about the shocking and complicated paradoxes of human nature.

“And so you need a very strong military on this tooth-and-claw planet – so I stand by the idea that FMJ footage was used primarily for its powerful, realistic depiction of boot camp, coupled with the completely demoralizing and inappropriate injection of the WOKE ideology into the US military,” she continued. “I agree with that and I’m sure my father would have agreed too.

“Honestly, I think my dad (who) supported [President Ronald] “Reagan) would greatly appreciate saving America, even the world, from the extremely destructive globalist forces that are threatening to take over this planet,” she added. “And if this footage from FMJ helps Trump make it clear that the US military needs properly trained, super tough, focused and dedicated warriors and not introduce the demoralizing effects of wokeism and entice people to simply band together to fight their… to live out sexual interests.” Transfers are paid, then Trump has my blessing.

“Knowing my father very well, I can assure you that he had a deep understanding of how paradoxical human nature is! This explains that while he was making anti-war films, he had a great passion for weapons (self-defense, not hunting) and he had quite a few of them!” she pointed out.

“My father had great respect for life – his films were inviolable proof of his love for life, freedom and the pursuit of happiness! On this basis, I am very confident that he would be a Trump supporter and would forgive the inappropriate use of FMJ if it benefits the cause of freedom!”

Born in Manhattan and raised in the Bronx, Kubrick, who moved to England in 1961 and lived there until his death in 1999, made 13 films – including the war film “Paths of Glory”, the ancient Roman epic “Spartacus” and The Cold War farce ” Dr. Strangelove” as well as the almost universally acclaimed classics “2001: A Space Odyssey”, “A Clockwork Orange” and “The Shining”.

Actor Matthew Modine, who played protagonist Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket, expressed the opposite view in an interview with Hollywood Reporter Roma last month.

“If Stanley were alive today with the state of the world, he would make a black comedy,” he said after receiving a lifetime achievement award at the Lucca Film Festival. “Not many people know that Kubrick had a fantastic sense of irony and humor. If he were here, he would be brilliant at creating a comedy about the grotesque absurdity of leaders like Putin and Donald Trump. He would make a great comedy with these characters.”

Trump, 78, released the video denouncing America’s “woke military” under the current administration. The video cuts between Marine recruits being put through their paces on Parris Island, South Carolina, before being shipped to Vietnam, and current U.S. service members in uniform.

“Let me see your war face!” Ermey screams in Private Joker’s face while playing Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in a clip.

“Happy pride!” says Admiral Rachel Levine, the current deputy secretary of U.S. Health and Human Services, in a juxtaposed clip. “Happy Pride Month! And indeed, let’s declare it a Summer of Pride!”

Other clips show active drag queens like Navy Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, who identifies as non-binary and was hired as a digital ambassador as part of a pilot program to boost recruitment.

“Let’s Make Our Military Great Again,” the video booms in all caps at the end.

The 45th president has also played the video at campaign rallies, suggesting that Ermey was wrongly denied an Oscar because, as a real instructor, he “wasn’t part of the establishment.”

Ermey has never been nominated for an Oscar, although his role in Full Metal Jacket earned him a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actor.

Little is known about Kubrick’s political stance or whether he explicitly supported Reagan. However, most biographers agree that he left the United States for England partly out of concern about increasing crime in his native New York and despised the Hollywood system.

After being sworn in as the 40th President, Reagan, an admirer of “Dr. “Strangelove” is said to have asked where the Pentagon’s infamous “war room” depicted in the film was located – only to be told that it was a work of fiction.

One of the screenwriters of “Full Metal Jacket” said after the war film’s release that he expected Kubrick to be vilified as a “fascist.”

“I know there will be a lot of outraged and offended reactions to this film,” Michael Herr told the Washington Post at the time.

“The political left will call him a fascist, and the right – well, who knows?” I can’t imagine what women will think about this film,” added Herr, who wrote a memoir about Kubrick in 2001.

Politicians and even former Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley have also accused Trump of “fascism,” while the former president claimed Milley represented institutional rot at the Pentagon.

The former president has also compared Milley to Ermey in campaign speeches, calling his former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff “stiff” and “stupid.”

Vivan Kubrick donated $93.69 to Trump’s 2024 campaign in August, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

In the past, the Kubrick scion donated to the former president’s 2020 campaign and the presidential candidacies of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Ron Paul, Rand’s father.

She did not immediately respond to requests for comment.