All Quiet on the Western Front Discussions
| All Quiet On The Western Front | | Based on Erich Maria Remarque's timeless, pacifistic anti-war novel, this poetically brilliant epic about the horrors of war was hugely popular in its day. The moving drama, the first great sound anti-war film, follows a group of seven German schoolboys, with central character Paul (Ayres) inspired by their professor to fight for their country. They voluntarily enlist in World War I, believing in the glory of the Fatherland and learn about the realities of war from veteran soldier Katczinsky (Wolheim). The film documents their descent into war (and disillusionment) in graphic detail, from the everyday reality of trench warfare to starvation and butchery. The film tracks the boys in training, battle, and eventually their senseless, untimely deaths. Paul dies from an enemy bullet in the final scene as he reaches out to touch a butterfly. Shot on an epic scale with an impressive budget of $1.25 million, the film's realism and visual art created a sensation. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Writing, Best Cinematography. Academy Awards: 2, including Best Production (Picture), Best Director. | |
| | Book as gift | | Have you ever given someone a book? In special or ordinary occasions, what book would you give as a gift, and why? Please mention one to three books only. Thanks. | |
| | list of fave books cont'd | | 101. Three Men In A Boat, Jerome K. Jerome
102. Small Gods, Terry Pratchett
103. The Beach, Alex Garland
104. Dracula, Bram Stoker
105. Point Blanc, Anthony Horowitz
106. The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
107. Stormbreaker, Anthony Horowitz
108. The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks
109. The Day Of The Jackal, Frederick Forsyth
110. The Illustrated Mum, Jacqueline Wilson
111. Jude The Obscure, Thomas Hardy
112. The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾, Sue Townsend
113. The Cruel Sea, Nicholas Monsarrat
114. Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
115. The Mayor Of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy
116. The Dare Game, Jacqueline Wilson
117. Bad Girls, Jacqueline Wilson
118. The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
119. Shogun, James Clavell
120. The Day Of The Triffids, John Wyndham
121. Lola Rose, Jacqueline Wilson
122. Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
123. The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy
124. House Of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
125. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
126. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett
127. Angus, Thongs And Full-Frontal Snogging, Louise Rennison
128. The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
129. Possession, A. S. Byatt
130. The Master... | |
| | AFi"s Top Ten Epics | | Here is their list. Lawrence Of Arabia, Ben Hur,Schindler's List,Gone With The Wind,Spartacus,Titanic,All is Quiet on The western Front,Saving private Ryan,Reds, And Ten Commandments,Do you agree with the oorder? Is your favorite on the list.I have never seen a rpic I didn't like. I don't have a all time favorite, but if I had to pick, I would go with brn Hur.lsworthy
124. House Of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
125. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
126. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett
127. Angus, Thongs And Full-Frontal Snogging, Louise Rennison
128. The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
129. Possession, A. S. Byatt
130. The Master And Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
131. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
132. Danny The Champion Of The World, Roald Dahl
133. East Of Eden, John Steinbeck
134. George's Marvellous Medicine, Roald Dahl
135. Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett
136. The Color Purple, Alice Walker
137. Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
138. The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan
139. Girls In Tears, Jacqueline Wilson
140. Sleepovers, Jacqueline Wilson
141. All Quiet On The Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque
142. Behind... | |
| | AFI greatest 100 all time movies. | | How many have you seen? List them and where they any good?1. CITIZEN KANE (1941) (alphamale star of excellence!)2. CASABLANCA (1942) (alphamale star of excellence!)3. THE GODFATHER (1972)4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) (alphamale star of excellence!)5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) (alphamale star of excellence!)7. THE GRADUATE (1967)8. on the WATERFRONT (1954) (alphamale star of excellence!)9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993) (alphamale star of excellence!)10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952) (alphamale star of excellence!)11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)13. THE BRIDGE on the RIVER KWAI (1957)14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) (alphamale star of excellence!)15. STAR WARS (1977) (alphamale star of excellence!)16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)18. PSYCHO (1960) (alphamale star of excellence!)19. CHINATOWN (1974)20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)24. RAGING BULL (1980) (alphamale... | |
| | I Don't Know How to Quiet my Dog | | My dog, Chloe is a Japanese Spitz. My brother bought her from his officemate. Chloe was such a cute dog. When she was very little, she looked so fragile, meek and sweet. She doesn't used to bark. In fact whenever some friends come to our house, she gets scared so she hides wherever she can. She also trembles when somebody hold her high.When as she was growing up, she became a pain in the butt! She barks at every person who comes to our house. I don't know if she's jealous or what. She barks when someone knocks at the door. She barks when she phone rings or when she hears people talking outside the house.Chloe doesn't simply bark. She barks very loudly that she wakes me up in the morning. Her barks reverberates to the whole house and it is so embarrassing to the visitor. We cannot quiet her - nobody in the house can. We spank her but after a few seconds she goes back to her barking. I don't know what to do with her. She's cute when she's behave but as soon as she barks her bark - she gives me headache! Any help please? | |
| | consistent quiet time...huhu, i am struggling with it. | | well, we are told most of the time to do our quiet times regularly and should be early in the morning. however, it was not the case for me. when i was first a christian, during the first years of my christian life, i really do the quiet time that consistently having my own quiet time notebook. and write it there my meditations for the day and my prayers and all others. however, as of now, it wasn't easy as of this time. there are a lot of factors. well, the main factor is my own not discipline.. huhu.. how about you? | |
| | Listening to music at work - why do other people like it quiet? | | It is absolutely dead quiet where I work. All that quiet is not a good thing for me while working. I don't care if it is just noise. The radio goes on and listening to it at least gives some relief from the quiet. Quiet is good for sleeping, studying or enjoying nature. Don't get it - I must be wired different or something. Why do the other people like it so quiet? | |
| | Is it possible for five family members to stay quiet in an apartment? | | I know that was a dumb question. But I am asking you this because the guy downstairs feels this way. If there are five members, then you know that there will be some kind of noise. He has got to me kidding me, if he expects it to be quiet. I have an 8, 4 and 2 year old. They are not going to want to sit down all day long.. Speaking of noise, last night, they were fighting. A woman was yelling at the top of her lungs. She kept calling someones name to let her inside of the apartment. And I heard a lot of movement. My husband said that he saw a computer monitor on the ground outside. He said that it was thrown out there. I guess the woman did this. My husband started to call the police on them last night. I told him not to. I did not know that it was my neighbors from downstairs that was doing all of this arguing. I thought that it was the girl that lived underneath my neighbor's, that lives in front of me. And he wants it quiet, but yet they were fighting..[em]rolleyes[/em] I always say, when a person tries to create problems in someones home, they end up creating problems in their own home. The hole that this man has dug for my family, he has now fallen into this same very... | |
| | Do you expect to have peace and quiet in an apartment? | | If you are living in an apartment, whether it is sound proof or not, do you expect to have peace and quiet throughout the entire day? The reason why I ask this is because, my downstairs neighbor says that he wants it to be quiet as if he was living in a house. The manager has told him, that this is no house and that he will hear some noise. I don't understand why can't he just move into a house. If he does, he will have all of the quietness that he would like. The only noise would be him and any other people that are living with him. The only way that he will hear any noise, is if he has his door wide open or, his window open. Or, if he just decided to just step outside. Why can't he understand that if you are living in an public apartment that it will be noise of some kind? And even when it is curfew time, you will still hear noise. People stand outside after 9 p.m. around this apartment complex, and they make noise by talking loudly. And doing whatever is against the rules here. I am inside or either gone when all this is taken place. I can comprehend that it is not going to be all so lovely and quiet here, when I want it to be. I know that there are many private apartment... | |
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