ceiling fan
motel
independent film
based on novel
exploding body
fbi
vomit
firebomb
police corruption
1940s
domestic violence
anti semitism
man with glasses
blood
corpse
fire
journalism
blood spatter
female nudity
gore
racial slur
small town
nihilism
police brutality
lynching
southerner
barbershop
mississippi
ku klux klan
racism
african american
poetry
explosive
race relations
bridge
riverboat
assassin
helicopter
cia
cia agent
famous line
1960s
imagery
killer cop
alcoholism
based on book
drug abuse
beer
head blown off
arson
insanity
shot in the arm
campfire
hanging
child abuse
no title at beginning
male slaps male
black humor
metaphor
atrocity
pacific ocean
mud
decapitation
cult
chopper
military officer
allegory
assassination
uniform
duology
shot back to back
tokyo japan
colonel
captain
slaughter
secret mission
world war two
hypocrisy
fame
firework
racial violence
animal abuse
army
boat
molotov cocktail
racial prejudice
fighting
battle
psychedelic
unhappy marriage
native american
jungle
racial discrimination
combat
idealism
magazine
actual animal killed
cambodia
navy
propaganda
morality
chaos
spear through chest
suicide by hanging
star spangled banner
straight razor
reference to james cagney
based on a true story
water buffalo
army life
tiger
napalm
vietnam war
bigot
guerrilla warfare
playboy playmate
head on stake
american soldier
bigotry
surfing
surfboard
lsd
dehumanization
u.s. marine corps
exploding house
dead soldier
abuse of power
medal
regicide
moral transformation
nikon camera
tombstone
topless
water skiing
camaraderie
cavalry
iwo jima
japanese army
air raid
guerilla base
narration
mythological
patrol boat
roadboatmovie
warfare
awol
violence against women
hate crime
colonialism
firearm
animal sacrifice
united states army
funeral procession
pacifism
government assassin
imperialism
native
lieutenant colonel
lieutenant general
modern day adaptation
woman smoking cigar
state in title
beauty salon
air strike
bugle
political manipulation
racial segregation
heroic military
idolatry
imperial japan
body paint
saigon vietnam
u.s. navy
racial injustice
puppy
odyssey
civil rights movement
extreme prejudice
state name in title
air cavalry
bull decapitation
chief petty officer
helicopter raid
mango
montagnard
opium pipe
opium smoking
radio transmission
tropical disease
united states navy
vietcong vietnam
wagner
wagner's ride of the valkyries
cross burning
grabbed in the crotch
plantation
racial hatred
cult favorite
funeral
death
military
murder
shot in the back
shot to death
soldier
gay slur
suicide
graffiti
dark hero
heroism
massacre
severed arm
special forces
voice over narration
violence
severed head
loss of friend
investigation
rain
helicopter pilot
shot in the leg
shot in the chest
temple
surrealism
torture
spear
green beret
jungle warfare
vietnam
police
marijuana
sheriff
shot in the head
shotgun
no opening credits
river
threat
madness
white anglo saxon protestant
japan