Leni Riefenstahl: A Life - Hardcover

Trimborn, Jurgen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374184933 ISBN 13: 9780374184933

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc, 2007

Synopsis

Dancer, actress, mountaineer, and director Leni Riefenstahl's uncompromising will and audacious talent for self-promotion appeared unmatched-until 1932, when she introduced herself to her future protector and patron: Adolf Hitler. Known internationally for two of the films she made for him, "Triumph of the Will" and "Olympia," Riefenstahl's demanding and obsessive style introduced unusual angles, new approaches to tracking shots, and highly symbolic montages. Despite her lifelong claim to be an apolitical artist, Riefenstahl's monumental and nationalistic vision of Germany's traditions and landscape served to idealise the cause of one of the world's most violent and racist regimes. Riefenstahl ardently cast herself as a passionate young director who caved to the pressure to serve an all-powerful Fuhrer, so focused on reinventing the cinema that she didn't recognize the goals of the Third Reich until too late. Jurgen Trimborn's revelatory biography celebrates this charismatic and adventurous woman who lived to 101, while also taking on the myths surrounding her. With refreshing distance and detailed research, Trimborn presents the story of a stubborn and intimidating filmmaker who refused to be held accountable for her role in the Holocaust but continued to inspire countless photographers and filmmakers with her artistry.

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Review:

" Attacked by Susan Sontag but extolled by Andy Warhol, the world ' s most controversial filmmaker continues to be the subject of critical analysis. " -- David Luhrssen, Shepherd Express

"Attacked by Susan Sontag but extolled by Andy Warhol, the world's most controversial filmmaker continues to be the subject of critical analysis." --David Luhrssen, "Shepherd Express"

Attacked by Susan Sontag but extolled by Andy Warhol, the world's most controversial filmmaker continues to be the subject of critical analysis. David Luhrssen, Shepherd Express"

"Attacked by Susan Sontag but extolled by Andy Warhol, the world's most controversial filmmaker continues to be the subject of critical analysis." --David Luhrssen, Shepherd Express

About the Author:

Jurgen Trimborn, born in 1971, is a professor of film, theater, and art history at the University of Cologne and serves as a consultant on films of the Third Reich for the German and American film industry. He lives and writes in Cologne and east Belgium."

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0374184933
• ISBN 13: 9780374184933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384