detachment from existential value

Kolby 2022-03-25 09:01:10

I would say that this film is not just about anti-war, but about detachment from existential values. There are always some value guides in the environment where you were born, and they are the talking points of everyone around you, but they have not experienced these personally, just wait and see, so they repeatedly convey how beautiful it is. You mustered up your blood and stepped into the field, only to find that it was not the case at all, and you desperately wanted to get away from it all, go home, and tell them the truth. However, no one understands your feelings, and you cannot convince anyone. They will only think that you are too cowardly, that you are useless, that you are not seeing far enough, and it is not that there is a problem with those value guides.

At this time, you can only find a little warmth in the place you hate the most, fight forever, and be homeless.

This is how society is. A group of people who talk about value guides drive a group of people with lofty ideals to take risks. They have always been ordinary, ordinary, and comfortable, and they can keep talking about it;

——To all lonely people who have escaped from the guidance of their own values

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Extended Reading
  • Chelsea 2022-01-03 08:01:12

    Whoever wants to provoke a world war in the future, we should enclose a large area, choose an auspicious day, find all the kings, emperors, their cabinets and generals, and let each of them wear only underwear and stand In the circle, holding a stick, fight to death, and see who wins, which country wins...

  • Vilma 2022-04-23 07:02:32

    The protagonist signs up to join the army under the frenzy of "fight for the motherland", but the ubiquitous scenes of starvation, blood and death on the battlefield ruthlessly shatter all dreams of war. At the end of the film, the protagonist was killed by a stray bullet while chasing a butterfly. After a gunshot, the hand that stretched out the trench to catch the butterfly immediately convulsed into a ball. The horror of war and its destruction of human nature are vividly displayed in this classic shot. "Serving the country is false, only death is true"

All Quiet on the Western Front quotes

  • Katczinsky: I'll tell you how it should all be done.

    [spits]

    Katczinsky: Whenever there's a big war comin' on, you should rope off a big field...

    Cigar-smoking soldier: And sell tickets.

    Katczinsky: Yeah. And -

    [glares at interrupter]

    Katczinsky: And on the big day, you should take all the kings and their cabinets and their generals, put 'em in the center dressed in their underpants, and let 'em fight it out with clubs. The best country wins.

    [everybody murmurs in agreement]

    Paul Bäumer: Well, now that Kat's settled everything, let's go see Kemmerick.

  • Paul Bäumer: We live in the trenches out there. We fight. We try not to be killed, but sometimes we are. That's all.