Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/23

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Subject: [Leica] Riefenstahl ...apolitical alternate view
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Mon Aug 23 19:45:54 2004
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The only comment I going to make is that Germany suffered under 
egregious terms and conditions following the end of WW1*. The economic 
miracle following the dreadful inflation of the late twenties must have 
made for very giddy times. It is trite for us pinheads to judge her for 
what we know now. This does not exonerate her or anyone else but it 
should make you wonder what you might have done if you had been in her 
shoes.

John Collier

* There really was only one world war. It just had two acts. The 
conclusion of WW1 made WW2 virtually inevitable.

On Aug 23, 2004, at 7:47 PM, Jesse Hellman wrote:

> "about the country you love?" Is that what you think she did? Jesse
>
> Greg Locke wrote:
>> A friend of mine who is a professor of literature and film studies at
>> Memorial University (she uses Riefenstahl in her classes...OF 
>> COURSE!) asked
>> me this question during a discussion about the role of Riefenstahl. 
>> "What
>> would your answer be if you were approached by a government agency to 
>> make a
>> film, photo essay, book about the country you love?


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