motel   independent film   based on novel   grenade   christmas   marriage proposal   love   prologue   hit by a car   vomit   angel   character name in title   dancing   blood   corpse   journalism   male female relationship   diner   severed leg   grass   existentialism   fight   accidental suicide   lawyer   airplane   accidental death   main character dies   color in title   road trip   jail   insanity   duality   iowa   hill   nature   judge   visual metaphor   flat tire   multiple perspectives   philosophy   journalist   stabbed to death   uniform   frying pan   honor   general   lieutenant   captain   sergeant   u.s. soldier   chicago illinois   world war two   miracle   multiple narrators   photography   fighting   battle   hearing characters thoughts   inner voice   internal monologue   voice over inner thoughts   jungle   courage   u.s. marine   spirituality   spoken inner thoughts   bull   absent without leave   pie   corporal   tabloid   grim reality   infantry   dead soldier   commander   illinois   tropical island   santa claus   japanese army   bunker   songwriter   reanimation   casualty of war   awol   private   brigadier general   pacifism   refusal to obey orders   crocodile   lieutenant colonel   archangel michael   sears tower chicago   budding friendship   combat casualty   battalion   beach landing   charlie company   guadalcanal   landing craft   melanesia   reed   relieved of command   ridge   solomon islands   spontaneity   transcendence   troop ship   dog   funeral   death   military   shot in the stomach   shot in the back   shot to death   soldier   explosion   subway   fish out of water   one word title   machismo   severed arm   cynicism   voice over narration   stabbed in the chest   husband wife relationship   shot in the neck   reporter   pursuit   investigation   singer   voice over letter   machine gun   rescue   stabbed in the back   underwater scene   shot in the chest   invasion   skepticism   rifle   survival   sheriff   steel helmet   u.s. army   shot in the head   no opening credits   river   tree   pistol   japanese