Why Edward Berger’s teen daughter got the last word on ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
LA Times“We’ve obviously been responsible for two world wars last century, and they’ve left a lot of scars and an imprint on our DNA,” director Edward Berger says of the German people. “We’ve obviously been responsible for two world wars last century, and they’ve left a lot of scars and an imprint on our DNA,” Berger says. “Unfortunately, war seems to be a never-ending topic.” Berger shies from making comparisons between his film and the situation in Russian-invaded Ukraine, but it hit home for him what world his movie was being released into when he saw a post on German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans’ Instagram page juxtaposing 2022 images of Ukraine and those from Belgium in 1916, pictures Berger himself had used as research. It just keeps repeating itself.” Berger’s film, which he co-wrote, includes its own visual take on the gruesome grind of war — an opening sequence that coldly shows the system that turns a dead soldier’s bloodied uniform into the “new” kit that wide-eyed protagonist Paul will wear as the next innocent charging into battle.
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