Оџ Johnny Got — His Gun (1971)

[Theme: Surrealism] #6. Johnny Got His Gun (1971) : r/TrueFilm

: Sensory Deprivation and the Dehumanization of Joe Bonham. Оџ Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

: The film highlights how war reduces a human being to a "piece of meat that keeps on living". Joe is infantalized, fed through tubes, and kept in a "womb-like" state of dependency, stripping him of his masculinity and agency. [Theme: Surrealism] #6

: Joe realizes he was sacrificed for abstract ideals like "democracy" and "liberty"—words used by the moneyed classes ("Them") to manipulate the working class ("Us") into fighting. Joe is infantalized, fed through tubes, and kept

: Joe’s request to be exhibited as an educational "freak show" is denied because his visible trauma would undermine the military’s heroic narrative. The film critiques doctors and generals who treat his life as a scientific experiment or a statistic rather than a person.

: Joe Bonham as a "Freak Show" and the Fear of the Visual Realities of War.