Prime Video has decided to restore the artwork for Stanley Kubrick's “Full Metal Jacket.” This decision comes after Matthew Modine, who starred in the film, called out the streamer for altering the image.
It all started when Amazon edited out a key text from Philip Castle’s iconic artwork for the film. The original depicted a military helmet with “Born to Kill” written on it, but it didn’t take long for people to notice that the text was gone from the streamer's image. Modine quickly took to X/Twitter to draw attention to this erasure:
Who decided to remove 'BORN TO KILL?' "Not only did they alter a piece of iconic art by Philip Castle, but they completely misunderstood the point of it being there. Pvt. Joker wears the helmet with 'BORN TO KILL' and the peace button as a statement about 'the duality of man.'
Soon after Modine’s post, Prime Video switched out the censored artwork and replaced it with a still from the movie. Too late, damage done. Amazon digitally altering this iconic piece of art is damn-near sacrilege. You don’t mess with Kubrick.
Throughout Kubrick’s anti-war film, released in 1987, the main character, Pvt. Joker (Modine), wears a helmet on which is written “Born to Kill.” The helmet also has a peace sign button on it. Kubrick deliberately placed the phrase and peace sign as an ironic statement referencing the idea that every human being has both good and evil within them.