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Thu 15 May, 2003 09:08 am
Name the films you nominate for being the most influencial on humanity.
My first choice would have to be "Triumph of the Will", by Leni Riefenstahl, who is notorious for her Nazi propaganda films. She made Triumph of the Will - a film of a Nazi party rally in Nuremberg, in 1934 - and filmed the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Leni Riefenstahl: Documentary Film-Maker Or Propagandist?
http://www.kamera.co.uk/features/leniriefenstahl.html
Hitler's filmakers:
http://web.germslav.ufl.edu/classes/ger1122/film.htm
German Propaganda Guidelines:
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/weserems.htm
bumblebeeboogie,
Iagree whole heartedly about "Triumph of the Will". Interesting you brought it up in context of the CBS two night production about Hitler. Did you know the film played to record crowds in Yonkers New York? The patrons lined up for blocks to get in and many saw it more than once.
Also in the negative vein, I would nominate "Reefer Madness." I think there is a straight line from that film to the present prison population. What is it now?
Two million? The plurality of charges are pot connected. What stupidity, what ignorance, what . . . . . . The film, in case some are not familiar with it, is a propoganda, black and white movie made aroung 1940 by, I believe, the Bureau of Tobacco, Firearms, etc. The film was highly praised. Anyone, please correct me if my facts are wrong. This is off the top of my head.
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