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| ACTORS: | Leni Riefenstahl |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | June, 1994 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Kino Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Biography, Cerebral, Color, Confrontational, Crimes Against Humanity, Deliberate, Documentary, Foreign Film - German, Foreign Film [Dub Or Subtitle], France, Germany, Haunted By the Past, History, International, Literate, Military & War, Movie, Political History, Politics & Government, Tense |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 738329010720 |
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Customer Reviews of The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
Portrait of the last Nazi While this is indeed an excellent film, it's also at best a rather shallow one. True, Reifenstahl does come across as creepy, at best, and her excuses ring hollow to anyone who's read the facts of her well documented life. But the filmmakers pretty much gave her a free ride here, never challenging or pressing her on her lies and denials, and presenting a very sanitized view of her life. <
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>What really distrubs me is the number of reviewers who are willing to suspend judgment of the moral dimension of her acts, and even praise her- one even calls her a strong model for women. I suppose that's true, in the same sense that Stalin was a strong model for men. But it's also disturbing. It reminds us all how easy it is for a charismatic leader to find weak minded followers who will willing blind themselves to evil, and even encourage it to flourish.
fascinating and chilling
I had no knowledge of Leni Riefenstahl, her social/political significance in society or why she was so controversial until this aired on PBS, in 1994. Riefenstahl, best known for directing two infamous documentaries, THE TRIUMPH OF THE WILL and OLYMPIAD, that sympathetically depicted the Nazi party. Riefenstahl, born in Berlin, began as an interpretive dancer, a movie star, a mountain climber and then a filmmaker.
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>What was my perception of Len Riefenstahl? I think that she was an incredibly charismatic individual (even at the age of 90, when the film was made). I felt a little sick when they were discussing the Nazis, and her part in (her words) unknowingly glorifying the party's beliefs. I am not sure if I was convinced of that at all. However, this is a very important film that takes a look at the body of work of a very prolific, independent and fiesty woman who stood on her own two feet, up until the very end of her life.
The wonderful Leni...
It has always irritated me to no visible end that people, to this day, blame Ms. Riefenstahl for Nazism. It shows how people can be so narrow minded as to lay the blame of a horrifying political movement at the feet of an artist. Richard Wagner also gets blamed for Nazism as well, but that's another review. Leni is one of the few female film directors who has a great visual style (which is used to great effect, and horrifying effect, in Triumph of the Will). Her film Olympia is still amongst the greatest sports documentaries ever made. The techinques she uses are still used by TV sports directors today. In this film, we see a 90 year old Leni Riefenstahl, who is as tenancious, vivacious, and as combative as ever. Leni is the most beautiful 90 year old woman I have ever seen, personally. She talks passionately about her work, and remembers the filming of the 1936 Olymipics and the Nuremberg rally as if it was only yesterday. I think she is a great artist, and it is ridiculously narrow minded to blame her for the Nazis. It is always easy to blame an artist for society's ills. This usually shows the stupidity of politicians more than anything else. Yes, she was associated with Hitler, one of the world's most heinous dictators, but that shouldn't dismiss her contribution to cinematic art. At the time of this film, Leni was scuba diving, engaging in underwater photography, and had a male companion/boyfriend a third of her age. Despite her age, she was incredibly active, and I think that's fantastic. She is a great artist, period.