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| Original Title: | Memoiren |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Leni Riefenstahl |
Leni Riefenstahl
Paperback | Pages: 672 pages Rating: 3.85 | 259 Users | 39 Reviews
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The self-serving reminiscences of a Nazi propagandist and collaborator who refused to admit it. Riefenstahl is an incredibly rare blend of a person lacking self-awareness with quite a healthy sense of self-worth and fascist tendencies. Her memoirs are a fascinating example of equivocation and moral justification, but are often unbearable in its rampant self-aggrandization and total lack of remorse. Worth a read, though, if you're interested in Third Reich hangers-on, the German film industry, and the lengths to which a person will go to hold oneself inculpable for one's actions.
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| Title | : | Leni Riefenstahl |
| Author | : | Leni Riefenstahl |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 672 pages |
| Published | : | January 15th 1995 by Picador (first published 1987) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Biography. History. Biography Memoir. Autobiography. Memoir. Culture. Film |
Rating Out Of Books Leni Riefenstahl
Ratings: 3.85 From 259 Users | 39 ReviewsEvaluate Out Of Books Leni Riefenstahl
A long but such a rewarding read. Riefenstahl's memoir is vivid, detailed and oh so exciting to read and she finds every moment she can to tell her story and show her successes and failures. Controversial indeed, but there is no denying that Riefenstahl is possibly the most innovative female film director and in every way, a true artist.Back during high school a few of us drove to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois to see Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will, a film I have not seen since but remember with extraordinary clarity, so impressive was it, visually speaking. Other than clips from her later Olympia, I have not seen her other cinematic productions.Consequently, I picked this up without knowing much about the author beyond the fact that she was the most famous film director associated with the Third Reich. I had
I can count on two fingers the number of books I have not finished. It must be the guiding hand of adulthood gently nudging me closer to my mortality when I recognize that to continue the tradition of finishing books for the sake of completion is flawed and deserves caveats from time to time. This is one of those times. I made it 441 pages into this memoir, a shallow, narcissistic journey through the narrowed down, cleaned up story that Riefenstahl chose to present as her own at the end of her
As the blurb says, "as one of the most controversial and debated character of the twenty first century" However, as a student studying the rise to prominence of Leni Riefenstahl and looking at it in a historical and source based analyse, it's a hard and difficult praise. But in hindsight, I loved reading the life of Leni and her story about her "five" lives. She was 85 when she published this book...can you believe all that she said, word-by-word? Quotes-by-Quotes from people she encountered?
Ms. Riefenstahl is more or less the prisoner of history. Having been one of the world's greatest innovative cinematographers, and forced to create what was effectively "the most effective propaganda film of all time" the Triumph of the Will, Ms Reifenstahl keeps her own reputation intact by being the person who also documented the 1936 Olympics, her film of which, Olympia, was given awards in all the countries Hitler later conquered. She insists on her apolitical freedom, and takes refuge from
The self-serving reminiscences of a Nazi propagandist and collaborator who refused to admit it. Riefenstahl is an incredibly rare blend of a person lacking self-awareness with quite a healthy sense of self-worth and fascist tendencies. Her memoirs are a fascinating example of equivocation and moral justification, but are often unbearable in its rampant self-aggrandization and total lack of remorse. Worth a read, though, if you're interested in Third Reich hangers-on, the German film industry,
A long and rewarding read.
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