Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl (Vintage)
by Steven Bach
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Author: Steven BachEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-02-12
ISBN: 0307387755
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Feminist, evil genius or both? You decide.
Summary: 5 Stars
Steven Bach's work on the filmmaker Leni Reifensthal was a book that captivated my interest from start to finish. The theme of the book was that Reifensthal used her charm and wits to pull the wool over the eyes of almost everybody she met from her father Alfred to Joseph Goebells himself to latter day filmamakers who were flattered by her charisma until her death at the age of 101.
There is no denying that Reifenstahl, after stints as a dancer and an actress, went on to be a great director whose influence has been felt in areas from Geroge Lucas' Star Wars films to the sexually-charged billboards one finds along the highways. Yet her embracing of evil made her a cultural outcast until here dying day. I have to comment that even evil can be portrayed as great beauty. Even Satan himself tempted Eve with the thought of her becoming a god herself and thus was seduced. In short, Leni was an evil genius.
This volume was well-researched and heavily footnoted. With all that went into the book, errors were bound to occur. The fact on page 173 that Avery Brundage, the aloof president of the United States Olympic Committee, was buried in Germany is in error as he is entombed in Chicago. Nevertheless, I recommend this book for all who are interested in German history as well as filmmaking.
Summary of Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl (Vintage)
Leni Riefenstahl, the woman known as ?Hitler?s filmmaker,? made some of the greatest and most innovative documentaries ever made. They are also insidious glorifications of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich. Now, Steven Bach reveals the truths and lies behind Riefenstahl?s lifelong self-vindication as an apolitical artist who claimed to know nothing of the Holocaust and denied her complicity with the criminal regime she both used and sanctified.A riveting and illuminating biography of one of the most fascinating and controversial personalities of the twentieth century.
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