On Tue, 14 Jun 1994, Gene Stavis wrote: > John Thomas - > I too have met Riefenstahl on more than one occasion and I would like to have > asked her when, in the forties, was she able to find an audience in Germany > that was known to "hate and despise" Hitler. Was it in a concentration camp? > Leni's skill as a filmmaker is heavily eclipsed by her quest to revise > history, particularly when it concerns her work. > Gene Stavis-School of Visual Arts, NYC Good question!!! Hah! The one and only time I heard her speak she did not elaborate on this. Heck, so what if she "revised" history, everyone else did too. Once you get past the obvious propaganda stuff I see a real master filmmaker at work. Even today people are just "discovering" some of the techniques she mastered a long, long time ago. ____________________________________________________________________________ ---------------->from John G. Thomas ([log in to unmask]) <------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________