"All Quiet On The Western Front" (1930)

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Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full podcast review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Our next throwback review, in anticipation of the Netflix release of Edward Berger's "All Quiet On The Western Front," is the original 1930 adaptation by Universal Pictures, which went on to win the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director for Lewis Milestone. "All Quiet On The Western Front" is a historical film for its depiction of war in cinema and has influenced the genre over almost a hundred years. Tune in as I, Eve O'Dea & Danilo Castro review the original 1930 classic as we discuss its themes, technical crafts, how it was received at the time of its release, and how it's held up throughout history. Full spoilers ahead. Thank you for all your support, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of the 1930 film All Quiet on the Western Front.
0:09.0	I don't have much of you.
0:12.7	Ah, I see you look at your leader.
0:17.1	But I too look to you, Paul Balmer.
0:23.6	I wonder what you were going to. I want to go.
0:25.6	Me too.
0:26.6	I don't see that.
0:28.6	The Kaiser's got everything he needs.
0:31.6	He never had a war before.
0:33.6	Every full-grown emperor needs one war to make them famous.
0:36.6	I'll tell you how it should all be done.
0:41.3	Whenever there's a big war coming on,
0:44.3	you should rope off a big field and sell tickets.
0:48.3	Yeah.
0:49.3	And on the big day, you should take all the kings and their cabinets and their generals,
0:58.0	put them in the center, dressed in their underpants, and let them fight it out with clubs.
1:03.0	The best country win.
1:05.0	My eyes! All right, everybody, you're just listening to the trailer for All quiet on the Western Front, and the story is as follows.
1:24.4	The film follows a group of German schoolboys talked into enlisting at the beginning
1:28.3	of World War I by their teacher. The story is told entirely through the experiences of the
1:33.7	young German recruits and highlights the tragedy of war through the eyes of individuals.
1:38.4	The film is starring. Lou Ayers and Louis Wollheim. It is directed by Lewis Milestone.
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