Footage is from the latest (3rd) remake of 'All quiet on the Western Front.' In the age of diversity hires &White replacement in all forms of media, this film was actually refreshing to see since no blacks are w/ in. The overriding theme of the book 'All Quiet on the Western Front' which this film is based on is the terrible brutality of war. Whereas most war novels tend to romanticize what war was like, emphasizing ideas such as glory, honor, patriotic duty, and adventure, 'All Quiet on the Western Front' sets out to portray war as it was actually experienced, replacing the romantic picture of glory and heroism with a decidedly unromantic vision of fear, meaninglessness, and butchery. In many ways, World War I demanded this depiction more than any war before it—it completely altered mankind’s conception of military conflict with its catastrophic levels of carnage and violence, its battles that lasted for months, and its gruesome new technological advancements (e.g., machine guns, poison gas, trenches) that made killing easier and more impersonal than ever before.