Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing.It seemed to me that I was hearing the voice of God.(voice-over) But why? Why would God choose an obscene child to be His instrument? BackgroundAll Quiet on the Western Front(1930) is the first major anti-war film of the sound era, faithfully based upon the timeless, best-selling 1929 novel by Erich Maria Remarque (who had experienced the war first-hand as a young German soldier).Starrett takes Joey's rifle, points it at Shane, and asks the stranger to leave: "It looks like your friends here are a little late - what are the Ryker boys up to this time?" Shane respectfully requests that Joe first put down his gun, and that he would prefer to leave by his own volition: "Would you mind putting down that gun? Then I'll leave.You play ball with me and I'll stake you." As a new "fish," it was likely that Vince would be assigned a 'hard' and 'dirty' job in the coal yard, but with Hunk's influence, he might be transferred - to the print shop - in exchange for a loan (to be repaid) of five cartons of cigarettes.Well, isn't that ginger-peachy? A real 'stop the press, pull out the front page, get ready to re-plate' assignment.