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Disfigurement Major 
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DISABILITY |
Disfigurement facial Mental |
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NOTES |
A superbly
uplifting film despite its sadness and tragedy. This picture of
working class youths growing up in America is perhaps
superior to any other in this respect. But the scenes in the army
mental hospital are painful viewing. Two friends return from
Vietnam, one facially disfigured, the other mentally. A
quirky, difficult film made engaging by the quality of the acting
and directing. |
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The film
concentrates on their pre-war life together. Cage as |
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the man
about town, self-confident, sexy, arrogant. Modine, |
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shy,
introverted and obsessed with birds. Yet they are close |
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friends,
though this friendship weakens in their late teens. |
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You'll see
the spoor running through the film of the |
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psychiatrist/writer R.D. Laing if you remember him. |
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From William
Wharton's novel. |
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