The Most Disturbing Black & White Movie Ever Made

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The fact that a nearly 100 year old movie has copyright issues is insane to me

“One death is a tragedy, six million is a statistic.” I feel like that quote really speaks to how we as a people tend to look back on wars.

Having WWI veterans basically recreate something traumatizing from their past was probably really weird. My great great grandfather faught in the trenches and whenever my grandfather asked him about anything related to WWI and the trenches, he’d get scary PTSD attacks and start hyperventilating. If someone’s trauma was triggered by even mentioning, I can’t imagine filming a movie about it.

This left out one of the most horrifying scenes from the book. A ton of horses get hit with artillery and just sit there screaming as they start kicking, getting wrapped in their own intestines, tying themselves in their own guts. That scene in the book has stuck with me for many years

The thought of stabbing someone then spending hours with that person while he dies is so haunting and sad. I couldn't imagine anything more horrific or sad.

Soldier: having a mental breakdown Wendigoon: ☕️🗿

the fact that Wendigoon was basically forced to be a reaction youtuber just to put this video out shows how much Youtube caters to reaction channels

49:57 The fact that Paul’s death is offscreen and we only have his hand to show he died is soooo so much better than showing Paul die onscreen. To that sniper, Paul was just another German enemy to take care of. And on top of that, that hand could belong to any soldier (although we know it’s Paul), making him just another faceless casualty in a war he didn’t want. And that applies for all the soldiers; they’re just another casualty, another note to send to another family, another grave to dig, another hospital bed to empty and fill, another tick mark added to the death toll. 😭

Watching a blinded soldier scream in absolute fear of death while Wendigoon chows down on hummus is the most bizarre thing I've seen all week. Great video

I like how Wendigoon says "he's so funny" and "this is highly entertaining" with a huge smile and in the clip he just continues to casually munch on hummus with no sight of entertainment on his face

Reminds me of the time in grade 12 where a woman came to speak to us about joining the military as a means to afford university education. Her daughter was a soldier that died (I don't remember where she died, what war etc). But I was absolutely disgusted by how this woman spoke so highly of war and the military, when it was what took away her daughter. So when we were leaving the auditorium, and other kids asked about signing up, I told her that I was so sorry for her loss. She legitamently looked at me like I had two heads.

Another thing about cat i appreciate is how he says "it's happened to better men than you, and it's happened to me" Even more to how good a character he was

The screaming when Behm is blinded genuinely frightened me. This whole film is insane, especially for the time.

"If it weren't for these uniforms we could have been friends you and I"...dude I'm actually starting to cry. What a powerful line. That whole scene makes me sick to my stomach

An absolutely heartbreaking detail I noticed during the scene where Paul reaches out for the butterfly over the trench was back when he was home, you could see pictures of butterflies hung up on the wall of his bedroom. Ngl it made me cry.

I legit cried when Paul was trying to help the French soldier and i kept thinking about the scene where he gave him water and i would not stop thinking about it for weeks

The fact that WW1 veterans appear in the 1930 movie makes it even more incredible. Truly a masterpiece ahead of it's time.

Paul has a childhood collection of butterflies and him reaching for the butterfly at the end is really him reaching for the life he had before the horror of war. Really can’t recommend the film or book enough. Thank you for this, Wendigoon.

As a legitimate combat vet myself I’d just like to thank you , the respect you show for men that have suffered threw the brutality of war is appreciated.