Sunday, 27 May 2007

weary sigh

yet another book has been published making heavy weather of leni riefenstahl. are communists like sergei eisenstein or pasolini similarly reviled? no. why? what's the difference?

riefenstahl was a careerist, not a nazi. she was only interested in her own professional advancement. just like françois mitterand. when the war began and the germans were ascendant mitterand was a fascist. at the war's close when the germans were losing mitterand had changed sides. i guess riefesntahl never had the tact to change sides soon enough.

riefenstahl is over-rated as a film-maker. as propaganda "triumph of the will" is a failure. it is boring and strangely static. i doubt anyone was converted to nazism by sitting through its grandiose longueurs.

find another subject.

1 comment:

Len said...

I've never seen one of her films... but I find that woman kicks ass for one reason: the quote "Realität interessiert mich nicht." (The reality does not interest me)