hymn of life

Garnett 2022-03-23 09:02:08

There is no war on the Western Front, which is the desire of the soldiers and the voice of the audience.

There is no tragedy in American films, even with such bloody war films. Promote the incomparable preciousness and beauty of life from the heroic. I like his details, the woman who gave flowers in the opening sequence, the close-up of that pair of shoes and a couple of fallen feet that went through, taking the bread and dealing with French women, catching mice, the clothes on the bedside in the hospital, shouting that this is The judge, who ordered the trembling forward, waited for the mother and son in a few small scenes. My favorite is the lunch after the war. The chef cooked a meal for 150 people, but after this encounter, there were only less than 80 people left. The unreasonable chef refused to serve the meal, and asked everyone to come to have the meal. There is a classic dialogue. Soldier: Did you cook beans for 150 people? Yes. bread too? Yes. What about beer, also for 150 people? Yes. Soldier Ecstasy: Oh, the festival is here!

Life is as tenacious and brilliant as the butterfly on the battlefield, or the cherry blossoms in full bloom. The plot is handled lightly. The 1930's movie, which is older than the grandfather's, shocked me. Although Paul is dead, we still don't feel sad when we see it, just as he was afraid of the battlefield, he still returns without hesitation. Like a Frenchman who died with a smile on his face.

Life is precious and beautiful, but there are always things that put it out of the way. This is perhaps yet another sublime theme for Paul's return to the battlefield. When the coach hid in the crater and refused to come out, the officer said to him: Go forward, this is an order! The coach suddenly changed his mind and rushed forward like a different person. In an instant, he almost became the villain.

There are always so many positive images to inspire.

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All Quiet on the Western Front quotes

  • Hair-peak soldier: And manufacturers. They get rich.

    [murmurs of agreement]

    Albert Kropp: I think it's more a kind of fever. Nobody wants it in particular, and then all at once, there it is. We didn't want it. The English didn't want it. And here we are fighting.

  • Albert Kropp: Ah, the French certainly deserve to be punished for starting this war.

    Detering: Everybody says it's somebody else.

    Tjaden: Well. how do they start a war?

    Albert Kropp: Well, one country offends another.

    Tjaden: How could one country offend another?

    Tjaden: You mean there's a mountain over in Germany gets mad at a field over in France?

    [Everyone laughs]

    Albert Kropp: Well, stupid, one people offends another.

    Tjaden: Oh, well, if that's it, I shouldn't be here at all. I don't feel offended.

    Katczinsky: It don't apply to tramps like you.

    Tjaden: Good. Then I could be goin' home right away.

    Paul Bäumer: Ah, you just try it.

    Katczinsky: Yeah. You wanna get shot?

    Tjaden: The kaiser and me...

    [the others laugh]

    Tjaden: Me and the kaiser felt just alike about this war. We didn't either of us want any war, so I'm going home. He's there already.

    Hair-peak soldier: Somebody must have wanted it. Maybe it was the English. No, I don't want to shoot any Englishman. I never saw one 'til I came up here. And I suppose most of them never saw a German 'til *they* came up here. No, I'm sure *they* weren't asked about it.

    Paul Bäumer: No.

    Detering: Well, it must be doing somebody some good.

    Detering: Not me and the kaiser.

    Hair-peak soldier: I think maybe the kaiser wanted a war.

    Tjaden: You leave us out of this!

    Katczinsky: I don't see that. The kaiser's *got* everything he needs.

    Hair-peak soldier: Well, he never had a war before. Every full-grown emperor needs one war to make him famous. Why, that's history.

    Paul Bäumer: Yeah, generals, too. They need war.