How All Quiet on the Western Front Made War Feel REAL | Benedict Hoermann | Be Raw Podcast #192

CGI made movies bigger, cleaner, and flashier… but it also took away something real.

Benedict Hoermann—First Assistant Director on All Quiet on the Western Front—joins me to talk about what it really takes to capture the grit, chaos, and authenticity of war on screen.

This isn’t history class—it’s raw perspective straight from someone who lived and breathed the world behind the film.

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Movies used to be built on grit—practical sets, real stunts, and crews dragging cameras through mud, deserts, or city streets just to capture the perfect shot.

Then came CGI, and the industry changed forever. Worlds could be built inside a computer—castles, alien planets, entire armies—rendered with keystrokes.

CGI gave us jaw-dropping visuals, but it also stripped away some of the authenticity that made classics feel real.

This episode is all about why All Quiet on the Western Front hit differently—and what it takes to make movies that still have dirt under their fingernails.