[Leica] Re Riefenstahl

[kitmc at vuelux.com (Kit McChesney | Vuelux)]

One of the most interesting aspects of that film is that it documents Jesse
Owens' performance at the '36 Olympics. Knowing what we know now, and
looking at the film from that perspective, it gives me chills every time
I've seen it (showing it to students), knowing that Hitler had to watch him
win four gold medals. It's almost enough to make me reconsider Riefenstahl. 

Then again, maybe not. ;-)  

Kit
-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+kitmc=vuelux.com@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+kitmc=vuelux.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Slobodan
Dimitrov
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 7:24 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re Riefenstahl 

Now why would you want to throw in facts, when you know how at odds it is
with the conventions of perceptional truth.
S. Dimitrov


> From: Emanuel Lowi <lowiemanuel@yahoo.ca>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:39:23 -0400 (EDT)
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Re Riefenstahl
> 
> I realize I'm flogging a dead horse here but...
> 
> Riefenstahl's "Olympiad"  was not made for the Nazis.
> 
> The film was commissioned and paid for by the
> International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was, in
> fact, the official IOC documentary of the 1936 games.
> 
> The IOC still stands behind the film today.
> 
> The film is about sport. One has to be mighty
> imaginative to discern political content in it.
> Hitler appears briefly in the film, but the film is
> not a glorification of Naziism.
> 
> Emanuel Lowi
> Montreal
> 
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