The content swings from funny to fascinating as Modine recalls the intense pressure they were all under. You can also tag them as favorites, which can be accessed from the app's menu so you can return to them quickly. And each photo has an 'info' button that allows you to order a print or share it on Twitter. As you swipe through the text, the images change to correspond to the diary content. To the right of each image is a rolling column of chronological entries from Modine's diary. In the app, photos take up about two-thirds of the screen.

Modine's on-set photos capture the vintage cool that apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic aspire to.

Users get to see set shots that look like actual war photos, a few of Modine's family photos, and candid shots of Kubrick on the job, as well as details about asbestos and other environmental hazards at shooting locations (the whole thing was filmed in England), and the methods employed by both director and actors to make one of the greatest war movies of all time. The result is an immersive fan experience made even more so by about four hours of Modine reading his diary aloud, complete with sound effects, music, and impersonations. He supplements his written diary entries, which run from 1984 to 1986, with more than 400 photos mostly shot by himself and fellow actors and crew. 'Joker' Davis, Modine was the star of the film, and he's the star of Full Metal Jacket Diary, too, offering his first-person perspective on working with Kubrick, and alongside actors such as Vincent D'Onofrio and Adam Baldwin.

(If you've never seen the movie, please stop what you're doing and go watch it.)Īs Private James T. To mark the 25 th anniversary of the film, he has released a Kickstarter-funded iPad app that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Kubrick classic. While filming Stanley Kubrick's legendary war movie Full Metal Jacket, actor Matthew Modine documented the whole process with a borrowed medium-format camera and a richly detailed diary.

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