Leni Riefenstahl (1 Viewer)

[Loz#1]

To keep this neat and organised, those studying Leni may want to discuss/ask about her here.

In another thread, we were discussing whether or not she was an artist or a propagandist. I say artist.

 

[Cicciolina]

Artist - she was too much of a perfectionist so had to make the best damn propaganda film there was! She was too dim politically to really be aware I don't think...

O/T But is anyone going to the study day on Tuesday, the 25th May?

 

[Sarah168]

"She was a highly talented and opportunistic aesthete whose...contributions to the art [of filmmaking] will...overshadow her political naivete in aiding Nazism" - Robert von Dassanowsky