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"The Triumph of the Will" Summary
Adelle 2022-03-20 09:03:06
A patriarchal film, watching it with your head up in front of the curtain, feels extraordinarily different. "Italy" is the best example of Riefenstahl's film engineering. The straight-line vertical composition, solemn music, grand scenes under the big panorama, and the stalwart of the Führer from an upward angle all highlight one purpose: Hitler was great, and the Nazis were invincible and would never give up. Even an outsider like me was excited and wanted to follow along. This is the victory of the mise-en-scene. I admire Riefenstahl's film theory, but I really don't like the content of the film. I don't think I can stand this brainwashing image bombardment for three hours straight.
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Pearl 2022-04-24 07:01:25
Memories of seeing it a long time ago...too vague...but the shrewd shot of Hitler's perverted old man is really delightful
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Edwina 2022-03-18 09:01:09
She is the greatest female director in the history of cinema, she is the Valkyrie of the German Third Reich, she is a criminal who was deprived of everything by Europe. If Europe has always denied Riefenstahl's artistic achievements, then please exclude Bergman and Ozu Yasujiro from the ranks of film masters equally. If Europe thinks she is an accomplice of the Nazis, please burn all the writings of Heidegger, known as the greatest philosopher of the 20th century. Just because she is a woman to be treated so differently, the so-called egalitarian democracy in Europe is just a mask of hypocrisy.
The Triumph of the Will quotes
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Rudolf Hess: [adressing Hitler] Thanks to your leadership, Germany will reach its goal of being home... of being home to all Germans throughout the world!
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[last lines]
Rudolf Hess: The Party is Hitler. But Hitler is Germany as Germany is Hitler! Hitler, Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!
crowd: Heil! Heil! Heil!...