All Quiet on the Western Front is the top contender for Best Foreign Film, with 8 additional nominations.
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| All Quiet on the Western Front, the Oscars' main competitor against Argentina, 1985 |
The national public's enthusiasm for "Argentina, 1985" being named to the Oscar shortlist for best foreign picture is palpable, and its participation was widely praised following this morning's announcement.
Aside from "EO" (Poland), "Cerca" (Belgium), and "The Quiet Girl" (Ireland), the German "All Quiet on the Western Front" is the clear favorite to win the trophy.
The war film astonished everyone this morning when it received nine nominations, including best picture. It hopes to win multiple technical honors (photography, sound, and visual effects) and is also nominated for best adapted script.
The fact that it is one of the ten nominees for best picture provides it an advantage in the foreign category, where it competes with Argentina 1985.
All Quiet on the Western Front is a modern version of Erich Maria Remarque's 1929 novel of the same name. Set during World War I from the perspective of a German soldier, his anti-war position made it a classic of German literature.
The cinematic adaption from last year is the third. The earliest and most well-known is that of 1930, which is regarded as one of the finest war films in history.
It was a huge success, and it was honored by the Academy Awards by winning best picture and best director (Lewis Milestone).
It was remade for television in 1979, but not in Germany since it was an American and British co-production. It received the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Movie in 1980, as well as the Emmy for Best Editing.
Edward Berger, a German with great expertise in television shows, helmed and wrote the 2022 version. Netflix took up international distribution, and the film is now part of their collection.
"All Quiet on the Front" is a gritty and heartbreaking story that follows a squad of soldiers who enroll as a patriotic gesture and shortly learn the realities of war in about two and a half hours of video.
The basic narrative does not provide anything new to film, and the technical components that immerse the audience in the characters' life stand out more. An experience that would have been better in a cinema than on a little streaming screen.
Without many recognizable names in the cast (the most notable being Daniel Brühl), the emphasis is more on depicting all the horrific things that may happen in the trenches and less on the growth of the individuals who, in such a situation, are not more than one number among many others.
The Academy was evidently enamored with "All Quiet on the Front," since it got nine nominations, which leaves "Argentina, 1985" with little chance of winning in its category, despite its international impact and excellence. nice movie.
The Oscars have a penchant for war pictures, and others in the category have won best picture, including "The Hurt Locker" (2009), "Platoon" (1986), and "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957).