Primary Texts: 

-Saving Private Ryan 

-Full Metal Jacket 

Outside Sources:

-Criss-Crossings of Robert Siodmak: The Time and Space of Cinematic Exile by Laura Heins 

-Apacalypse hen and Now by Jennie Yabroff 

Thesis:

-The film and media aspects of todays culture can be said to be "dumbed-down" compared to the films of past decades. The Film Saving Private Ryan, compared to film Full Metal Jacket shows how film has actually improved in sophistication rather than decreased.