Posted on 08/25/2022 4:56:46 AM PDT by FarCenter
A jury in Munich decided on Wednesday evening which production should get a chance to win the best international feature film Academy Award in 2023 — and selected "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Edward Berger, who also directed the "Deutschland 83" TV series.
"All Quiet on the Western Front" is based on Erich Maria Remarque's 1929 novel of the same name, which is regarded as the epitome of the anti-war novel. The German author paints a portrait of a generation of young men who are in an upbeat mood when they leave school for the front; they end up perishing in the murderous war machine of World War I.
At the time, "All Quiet on the Western Front" was the biggest success in German literary history.
The novel was first adapted for the screen in the US in 1930, a film that won two Oscars. A second film version followed in 1979.
Berger's production is the third version, albeit the first from Germany.
"Erich Maria Remarque wrote a book almost 100 years ago that is, unfortunately, more relevant today than we expected," director Berger said after the announcement by German Films, the foreign representative of German cinema. He added that it's a great honor to enter the race for the Oscars with the film.
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I love the original film.
I guess that is progress. More than a century late, Germany finally accepts the lesson of her defeat in WW I instead of whining about the Versailles Treaty and plotting a revenge war.
Looking at the casting I noticed a distinct lack of diversity. It will never cut it at the Oscars. /s
I saw the 1930 version about 35 years ago. It still haunts me.
Perhaps they can come out with a lovingly sanitized version for you, complete with a few bunnies and songbirds.
What do you think war is? Ever read up on what the Somme or that bloodbath around Verdun (or, more recently, Peleliu, Iwo, Okinawa, and Aachen) was like?
Sorry, Bub - but we have never, ever seen a movie that depicts the real mayhem and murder of the real thing. Even Saving Private Ryan was reduced scale for the general audience.
Daniel Brühl is great. He's been in a lot of English-speaking films.
Technically, he's a German/Spanish actor so Netflix gets to check off the diversity box.
Yes, but he is white.
“Hey man.... uh, do you mind if I take those boots?”
"Who wants to send a message to Germany?"
***I love the original film.***
Got it on DVD along with the 1979 version. I also have WESTFRONT 1918.
Do tell
Well thats rather presumptuous, how do you know what he identifies as?
Great film!
My favorite though was Brühl playing 70s-era Formula 1 race car driver Niki Lauda in the excellent 2013 film Rush.
Particularly this scene when he's stranded and gets picked up after being recognized by a couple of motorists who let him drive their car.
Yep, ‘Deutchland 83’ was good. One of my favorite scenes is when the main character comes over from E. Germany and walks into a W.German supermarket and is overwhelmed by the quantity of food including all the fresh fruit overflowing in bins. Another good scene is when he is in a restaurant and doesn’t know how to order a steak as far as cut, temperature etc. because he has never had one in E. Germany.
Indeed he is.
But for whatever reason, white Europeans from the Iberian Peninsula and their descendants get to play the "Person of Color" card in America.
I'm sure if you ask him, Brühl considers himself white.
But I'd bet money when it comes to the racial bean counters working at Netflix (who produced this film) they'll check the "Hispanic" box for him.
Brühl was also in one of my all-time favorite movies, “Goodbye, Lenin!”
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