Metallica - One (MTV Original)

One - the popular MTV version. The song's theme is based on Dalton Trumbo's 1939 novel "Johnny Got ...One - the popular MTV version. The song's theme is based on Dalton Trumbo's 1939 novel "Johnny Got His Gun" which tells the tale of a soldier who is severely damaged after he is hit by German artillery during W.W. I. His arms, legs, eyes, mouth, nose and ears are gone and he can not see, speak, smell, or hear; but his mind functions perfectly, leaving him a prisoner in his own body. The book was suspended from printing for many years during W.W. II and the Cold War, because it became a rally point for the “political left” which opposed involvement in W.W. II during the period of the Hitler-Stalin pact. Shortly after the 1941 Nazi invasion of the USSR, Trumbo and his publishers decided to suspend reprinting the book until the end of the war. After receiving letters from individuals requesting copies of the book, Trumbo became “suspicious" of counter communist activities involving his book, contacted the FBI, and turned these letters over to them. Trumbo regretted this decision, which he called "foolish," after two FBI agents showed up at his home and it became clear that "their interest lay not in the letters but in me". . Trumbo directed the movie adaptation in 1971, from which the footage for the "One" music video is taken.

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