She's the only Nazi who's thus far been visually quoted by George Lucas (Star Wars). > Why does Riefenstahl continue to receive so much critical and > historiographical attention when there are many other Nazi directors > who did a lot more damage? I think most people would conclude that > Riefenstahl was quite a nasty Nazi, but there were some far nastier > ones: anniversaries relating to (for example) Veit Harlan, Fritz > Hippler, Wolfgang Leibeneiner and Karl Ritter do not attract any > comment, though the films these people were responsible for did far > more damage than any of Riefenstahl's. > > Some possible reasons: > > 1. She's still alive. > 2. She's a woman. > 3. She had close relationships with a number of senior Nazis, and is > alleged to have had an affair with Hitler (as Robert Harris commented > in his book on the Hitler diaries fiasco, 'swastikas sell'). > 4. 'Triumph des Willens' and 'Olympische Spiele' were shown in Western > Europe and the US at the time of their initial release, but many of the > most notorious Nazi fiction films weren't 'discovered' until after the > war. 5. She continues to take an active interest in the exploitation > of her films from the Nazi period, and aggressively pursues legal > action against her detractors whenever she can. > > Responses? > > Leo. > > Dr. Leo Enticknap > Director, Northern Region Film and Television Archive > School of Arts and Media > University of Teesside > Middlesbrough TS1 3BA > United Kingdom > Tel. +44-(0)1642 384022 > Fax. +44-(0)1642 384099 > Brainfryer: +44-(0)7710 417383 > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]