Johnny Got His Gun

Johnny Got His Gun

The most shattering experience you'll ever live.

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Release Date

8/4/1971

Runtime

112 mins

Genres

Overview

A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,000,000

Revenue

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A harrowing descent into the consciousness of a soldier trapped in his own body, visceral, claustrophobic, and unflinching in its examination of the human cost of war. This is not a film that lets you look away.

Mood

Dread-soakedClaustrophobicMournfulBleak

Themes

WarMortalityIdentitySurvivalIsolation

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

DesaturatedFormalistLong takes

Structure

Framed flashback

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Graphic violenceBody horror

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