The scene comes from Full Metal Jacket, Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film about United States Marine Corps basic training, where drill instructor Sergeant Hartman, played by R. Lee Ermey, torments recruit Leonard Lawrence, known as Private Pyle and played by Vincent D'Onofrio. The Italian-dubbed exchange, in which Hartman orders Pyle to strangle himself, has circulated online as a standalone audio clip because its shouting and gasped replies are instantly recognisable even without the picture. It remains popular in Italian meme edits and reaction videos that borrow Hartman's authority for comic effect.