Hawk Films Hawk Films Hawk Films was a British film production company formed by Stanley Kubrick for his 1964 film "Dr. Strangelove". He also used it as production company for "A Clockwork Orange" (1971), "Barry Lyndon" (1975), "The Shining" (1980) and "Full Metal Jacket" (1987). He later formed two subsidiaries that were also named after birds of prey: In addition to Hawk Films, Peregrine Productions was involved in the production of "Barry Lyndon" and "The Shining"; while Harrier Films was involved in the production of "Full Metal Jacket" together with his main production company Stanley Kubrick Productions, which he set up for
Full Metal Jacket "Full Metal Jacket" have received little attention from critics and reviewers. Michael Pursell's essay ""Full Metal Jacket": The Unravelling of Patriarchy" (1988) was an early, in-depth consideration of the film's two-part structure and its criticism of masculinity, arguing that the film shows "war and pornography as facets of the same system". Most reviews have focused on military brainwashing themes in the boot camp training section of the film, while seeing the latter half of the film as more confusing and disjointed in content. Rita Kempley of "The Washington Post" wrote, "it's as if they borrowed bits of every war movie