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Post by roverpup on Jan 20, 2022 15:09:47 GMT
A bit off topic, but the fact that Berger is remaking All Quiet on the Western Front is very exciting to me! It's a fabulous book and the 1930 film is an absolute classic! One of my favourite films. Even the 1979 version was pretty good.
The story is so rich with emotion and insights. It moves me to tears just thinking about Remarque's exploration of how war leads to the internal destruction of the human spirit and how easily "tribalism" can lead to war.
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Post by sgev1977 on Jan 20, 2022 16:04:21 GMT
I have watched the original film and yeah, I can't wait fot this one.
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Post by roverpup on Jan 20, 2022 16:35:43 GMT
Well, I almost always recommend the book first. But both are excellent (kind of like TPOTD) but the book will actually make the film have even a greater impact I think.
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Post by llminnowpea on Jan 20, 2022 17:35:25 GMT
A bit off topic, but the fact that Berger is remaking All Quiet on the Western Front is very exciting to me! It's a fabulous book and the 1930 film is an absolute classic! One of my favourite films. Even the 1979 version was pretty good. The story is so rich with emotion and insights. It moves me to tears just thinking about Remarque's exploration of how war leads to the internal destruction of the human spirit and how easily "tribalism" can lead to war. I like your off topic asides! Please, keep recommending them! (And, I might even try smoked gouda. If I can get some good stuff). Now I, too, like @jbc want to read the book and watch the movies. I might start with the movie, though, because if the book is too heavy, it might take me forever to read. Maybe we need a book club/what are you reading/what do you recommend thread?
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Post by roverpup on Jan 20, 2022 18:40:14 GMT
If you don't mind subtitles I can also recommend a German miniseries called Generation War. It doesn't seem to be on any of the streaming services so we had to order it from Amazon (and we sprang for the Bluray disc). It is a great companion piece to All Quiet on the Western Front - only it centers around WWII. Really, it's a keeper and on most lists if anti-war films (even though it is a miniseries). I'd rank it right up with All Quiet and Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory!
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Post by mllemass on Jan 20, 2022 21:39:45 GMT
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Post by MagdaFR on Apr 21, 2022 0:16:00 GMT
I'm wondering what is going to happen to this series with the news about Netflix. That last tweet was from January. SunnyMarch hasn't had much luck with its projects. Patrick Melrose was very well received but very few watched it. The Mauritanian, The Courier and Louis Wain got the pandemic treatment. The Mauritanian had also a shitty distributor. Amazon didn't do much for Louis Wain. Now the 39 Steps is in the middle of the Netflix crisis. I'm finding very strange some reactions, people being so happy that this is happening to Netflix. That is, I understand that you may prefer watching movies in a theatre, who wouldn't? But they must have given work for lots of people. And, for people who have no access to theatres is a blessing.
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Post by sgev1977 on Apr 21, 2022 0:41:31 GMT
I don’t think they have announced cancellations yet (have they?) but anyway, the thing about this project is that I don’t think Netflix has officially announced it. It was just the Variety reporting it was bought by Netflix.
Edward Berger filmed All Quiet on the Western From for them.
It supposedly would be shoot next month but BC has suggested in a few interviews from months ago that he doesn’t have any immediate project after the Dr. Strange press tour.
About Netflix, it’s insane how Twitter is reacting but not surprising. The left is convinced people is abandoning them because they are very Conservative (this was predicted weeks ago and the film critic that wrote about it cited people hating them for hiring “transphobic comedians”. He was making a reference to Dave Chapelle, one of the most successful deals made by Netflix!) and the right think it’s because their productions are “too woke”! The issue could be more that they are losing a lot of movies and famous series to new streaming service. Also, a lot of people thought their model was destined to fail and that would predict the future failure of other streaming services. Hopefully, it’s not the case!
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Post by queenzod on Apr 21, 2022 1:51:08 GMT
They jacked their prices up too high, also, and killed the demand. Most of the people I saw talking about it said the cost is just too much. Other streamers are half the price!
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Post by sgev1977 on Apr 21, 2022 2:39:11 GMT
Apparently, a lot of the subscribers they lost were the ones they won with the pandemic. Anyway, it was something that it was predicted because they barely had competition and now they have. There is an interesting graphic in this article that shows how they went from having 71% of the market to 46% They are still the kings, tho. That’s what I referred the other day when I mentioned the real popularity of Disney series vs movies. I mean Disney only has 8% of the market (so no, Wanda is not the most famous Marvel superhero ever! By logic, much more people have watched the movies than the series. Most people haven’t watched the series!)
I posted Doyle tweet because I also think it’s overblown. People are predicting Netflix’s death for years and a lot of them are just wishfully thinking. But nowadays, if Netflix fails, the other streaming services would fail with it because everyone is in the same business. I think it’s just the market adjusting itself because it’s not a monopoly anymore.
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