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All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

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Dec 17, 2022
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One of the things on my mind while watching this film was why I am so rarely interested in war movies. There are superficial elements that bore me, like the treatment of military strategy as plot. But my real disinterest goes much deeper. I resent being asked to care about which side more effectively slaughters the faceless Other. It's not the violence …

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