All Quiet on the Western Front
In 1929 Erich Maria Remarque wrote his 295 page novel ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’. In 1930 it was transformed into an American film which went on to win the first Academy Award for Best Picture1. The story line shows the lives of young men serving in the German army, losing their innocence and fighting for a lost cause. Audiences responded well worldwide to the book, selling 2.5 million copies in the first year and a half after coming out and in 25 different languages2. But how did the audience respond to the movie?
The movie was directed by Lewis Milestone, the film went on to grossed and estimated 3 million, which was an insane amount for the time3. On the Internet Data Base web site, viewers have given their feedback of the film, some of the reviews said as fallowed…
“To say that this movie is one of the greatest war films of all time would be an understatement.”
“The cinematography of this film is absolutely magnificent.”
“The film rarely has gory sequences because the director finds other ways to imply death and still have the same emotional effect.”
“…still holds astonishingly well to this day.”
As concluded from the fallowing viewer quotes, it shows that there is a positive response to the movie. More years will go on and this film will continue to become older and older, but the storyline will continue to live on, remakes may happen to update it but it won’t be completely the same as this original. The film should be told to future generations because of the presence of death and the hardship of the time is told greatly.
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