Suppose I was a German at the time

Hassie 2022-03-24 09:03:46

Assuming I was a German at the time, how did I feel after watching this film? Germany is a great disciplined, healthy and strong country. I am fortunate to be born in a great era, because there is such a great leader to lead us forward. He is approachable, resolute and courageous, and he leads the German people to become prosperous and strong. The leader represents the party, the German people, he is brilliant and correct. . . . . .
From this point of view, Riefenstahl could not have been more successful. She managed to infect every audience, even me today. Of course, a large part of her success is due to the "actors" who participated in the crowd. There is no such loyal and enthusiastic crowd with raised Roman arms and sincere joyful faces. This film is at best a military parade, and there will be no so much power. So, are the masses wrong?
Why should such a documentary be banned? There are so many things for us to think about half a century later, "one nation, one country, one head of state", how familiar is it? Is it because too many shots in it are too close to our past memories?

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  • Andreanne 2022-03-26 09:01:14

    20150523@Dapuqiao Ershu (same as "The Monarch") especially noticed the extraordinary scheduling and editing. In other words, if you are in the mountain, who can attack whom from the moral and conscience high point? Afterwards, everyone deserves it. Fortunately, I have been baptized by the socialist narration and Nazi aesthetics since I was a child. Now I am basically immune to this kind of aesthetic hypnotism ~ how difficult it is to thrive. And, Riefenstahl must be true love for the Third Reich.

  • Adelbert 2022-03-24 09:03:46

    Political propaganda films are actually non-narrative. The whole film is a montage of spectacles captured by the film's eyes, just for pure ideological appeal. Riefenstahl's pattern of camera scheduling and composition can be applied to any type of feature film, except that the latter only captures brief segments. For the people of a certain country, "Victory of the Will" is repeated every day in news broadcasts and "new mainstream blockbusters", and finally it achieves its purpose. I can't help but wonder what it would have been like if Hitler performed stand-up comedy.

The Triumph of the Will quotes

  • Adolf Hitler: All upright Germans will be National Socialists, but only the best National Socialists will be party members!

  • [after invoking God as the creator of the German people]

    Adolf Hitler: The state doesn't order us! We order the state! We created the state!