4.2-All Quiet on the Western Front with Kyle Wilson

Today's episode is my conversation about the 1930 film All Quiet on the Western Front. I'm joined by Kyle Wilson from the Oscar Chaser newsletter and we talk about the challenges of making a film about WWI from the German perspective in the United States, how many of the greatest war movies are about what war does to a person and how they deal with going back to normal life after what they've seen in war, and how this film doesn't shy away from so many of the grisly realities of warfare.

You can watch All Quiet on the Western Front online at The Internet Archive, Tubi, or rent it from Amazon, or pick up a DVD copy for your collection. And be sure to check out Kyle's newsletter.

Other films mentioned in this episode include:

• The Talented Mr. Ripley directed by Anthony Minghella
• The English Patient directed by Anthony Minghella
• King Kong (2005) directed by Peter Jackson
• The Lord of the Rings (trilogy) directed by Peter Jackson
• Philadelphia directed by Jonathan Demme
• Silence of the Lambs directed by Jonathan Demme
• Saving Private Ryan directed by Steven Spielberg
• The Best Years of Our Lives directed by William Wyler
• Band of Brothers (series)
• The Divorcee directed by Robert Z. Leonard
• All Quiet on the Western Front directed by Edward Berger
• Two Arabian Knights directed by Lewis Milestone
• Dragnet (series)
• Gone With the Wind directed by Victor Fleming
• Mister Ed (series)
• Leave it to Beaver (series)
• Petticoat Junction (series)
• The Front Page directed by Lewis Milestone
• His Girl Friday directed by Howard Hawks
• Rain directed by Lewis Milestone
• The Big House directed by George Hill
• The Love Parade directed by Ernst Lubitsch
• With Byrd at the South Pole directed by Julian Johnson

Other referenced topics:

• All Quiet on the Western Front (novel) by Erich Maria Remarque
• The Things They Carried (book) by Tim O'Brien
• George Abbott's 100th Birthday Tribute at the 1987 Tony Awards
• Variety review