The War Rages on in "All Quiet on the Western Front"

The movie at this point has taken a break from the constant death and fighting; turning to another basic male need. Women... Although these scenes seem comedic and light it secretly portrays the awful state of things. One example is that the woman seemed uninterested in the soldiers until food was presented to them. Either french women are really, really turned on by bread and salami or hunger is common in Germany occupied France. Another careful addition that the director places in the movie, is when the Paul and his friend are looking at a poster of a woman and fantasize about her as if she were a real woman. Even though she is in fact a picture Paul talks about asking her out and talking to her and discussing how old she might be. In this scene he says "shes our age, shes 17". This brought everything down to Earth for me. These men so young(about our age) and already exposed to war and the frailty of life and death. Most of them have not experienced true love and yet they die all the same. Death is an unbiased creature.