tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836661004273915348.post2139987548784310530..comments2023-06-06T11:09:18.464+01:00Comments on Screen Insight: All Quiet on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone, 1930)simoncolumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09027922399726786918noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836661004273915348.post-57260067960883110142012-11-13T02:16:23.525+00:002012-11-13T02:16:23.525+00:00Your review was fantastic until the second-to-last...Your review was fantastic until the second-to-last sentence. Preserving the delusion that those millions have not died in vain is disrespectful to them.<br /><br />Let us not rationalize that their deaths were accrued fighting for some higher justice when we know in our hearts they were the victims of cruel men and insidious manipulation.<br />If we have not the courage to speak the truth about the past, how can we ever stand up for the more pressing needs of our future?<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IvPIWzQcUYThe_Rain_Shimmershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607961795601701821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836661004273915348.post-71014174213579928432012-07-08T17:36:40.930+01:002012-07-08T17:36:40.930+01:00I haven't read the bookm so it was all fresh t...I haven't read the bookm so it was all fresh to me. I just appreciate the themes told from the 'enemies' perspective. It is generally considered that, as the Germans lost WW1, they are the enemy. this truly humanises them.simoncolumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027922399726786918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836661004273915348.post-65433077591860904452012-07-04T16:07:50.877+01:002012-07-04T16:07:50.877+01:00Great review! It is a film that is interested in e...Great review! It is a film that is interested in exploring the value of life even through a spectacle of overwhelming death.<br /><br />I read the book in high-school, so coming into this film I knew all the story beats, but the way the film enhanced many of those moments and lingered over certain scenes made some of the moments in the book sink in even more to me upon viewing the film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com