When Stanley Kubrick first met his co-writer for the screenplay Full Metal Jacket, Kubrick asked him if he was familiar with “the concept of Jung” and “the concept of the Shadow, of our hidden side” (Herr 6). This fascination with the Jungian archetypes of order and chaos permeates throughout the film Full Metal Jacket in the plot, mis-en-scene, and cinematography. Furthermore, Kubrick takes th...