DVD REVIEW DVD REVIEW: 'All Quiet on the Western Front' had potential to win Best Picture BRUCE R. MILLER Mar 26, 2023 Mar 26, 2023 Updated Apr 13, 2023 0 × Jesse Brothers, Sioux City Journal Movie critic Bruce Miller says “All Quiet on the Western Front” brings history to life in ways action film directors rarely consider. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There was a real chance “All Quiet on the Western Front” might have beaten “Everything Everywhere All at Once” for Best Picture.kAmt2C=J :? E96 ?:89E[ E96 }6E7=:I C6=62D6 A:4<65 FA ~D42C H:?D 7@C x?E6C?2E:@?2= u:=>[ r:?6>2E@8C2A9J[ |FD:4 2?5 !C@5F4E:@? s6D:8?] w25 :E H@? 2? p52AE65 $4C66?A=2J AC:K6[ :E 4@F=5 92G6 >2C4965 E@ E96 E@A] (9:=6 2 C6>2<6 5@6D?’E ?646DD2C:=J DE2?5 2 492?46 2E E96D6 E9:?8D W$E6G6? $A:6=36C8’D “(6DE $:56 $E@CJ” 42>6 9@>6 H:E9 @?=J @?6 AC:K6 =2DE J62CX[ “p== "F:6E” 5:5 DE:C E9:?8D FA]k^AmkAmp?5 56D6CG65=J D@]k^Am kAms:C64E@C t5H2C5 q6C86C AFE E96 2F5:6?46 :? 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