Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Documentary totally
“Triumph of the Will” may have been used as a propaganda film back then, but I believe its a documentary. I think the film maker's intentions were to capture that important moment from that time. She showed what she saw, nothing more. "To me the film wasn't about politics, it was an event." - Leni Riefenstahl
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I totally agree with you. It just showed how people loved Hitler and respected him at the time.
I don't see why it couldn't be both a documentary and propaganda. I agree with you on your reason why you think it was just a documentary. According to dictionary.com
DOCUMENTARY:
Movies, Television. based on or re-creating an actual event, era, life story, etc., that purports to be factually accurate and contains no fictional elements: a documentary life of Gandhi.
I think that Paul has a point, that it could be both. But I, personally, believe that the film is a documentary. The directer of the film was simply capturing the important events happening around her at that time. She was not trying to persuade anyone, at least not purposefully. At the time, much of Germany saw Hitler as a savior, and she wanted to document his importance as a political figure.
This film was shown all over Germany at the time and frequently.
Does the filmmaker's subjective perspective come out in the film?
What about the way that the film maker used light and camera angles?
Do you think that Hitler was perceived as such as charismatic leader before this film was made?
What about the short written introduction in the beginning of the film? Was the introduction free of the artist's opinion?
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