The Mind of the Dead and the Thinking (Johnny Got His Gun)

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Written as an anti-war novel by Dalton Trumbo in 1938, 'Johnny Got HisGun' was released in 1971 as a film directed by Trumbo. In the narrative that beginswith Joe Bonham's serious injury, we witness episodes from Bonham's life before thewar, the dreams he had, and the events in the hospital that made him an object.Bonham's state of being in between fantasy and reality is also embedded in the visuallanguage of the film, strengthening the narrative and the message conveyed. The antiwarmessage that Trumbo wanted to express could reach people in different media suchas novels, movies, music, video clips, and theater with Joe Bonham's story. It ispossible to make different inferences when looking at the film from an architecturalpoint of view rather than its anti-war messages. The narrative created with the filmreveals the importance of the body and space relationship in an extraordinary way forthe person who experiences the space not only with his eyes but to the extent his bodyallows. 'Johnny Got His Gun' is examined with the view that architecture is an art opento sensory experiences where all senses are fused.