Wikio - Leni Riefenstahl

Calling Leni Riefenstahl (Snowflakes in Hell)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:51:44 GMT

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Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of the Will", Hitler's speech to the Hitlerjugend (Postman Patel)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:27:00 GMT

Strong words, ideas, pictures

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Irresistable (GrEaT sAtAn'S gIrLfRiEnD)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

As the world held Olympic torches and matches and witnessed the most amazing brazen autocratic homage to Leni Riefenstahl's Dritten Reiches "Triumph des Willens" ( Triumphant Will) in Red China's opening ceremonies, sister autocrat Russia brazenly held a hand over Georgia's mouth and pushed her into the closet for some percieved payback of the bearly concealed protuberancing . As the...

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Inglorious Bastards: Simon Pegg's Out, Samm Levine's In (Rotten Tomatoes)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:44:00 GMT

... the film historical context, Tarantino’s handling of German film history and movies like Leni Riefenstahl’s “Tiefland” and Dr. Arnold Fanck’s & G.W. Pabst’s “Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü”. You only find one quote of Kniebe in The Guardian article, who has by the way many spoilers and is not that great written (”Inglorious Bastards” is not a remake of the Castellari film!). The paragraph...

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The Golden Boys (boy culture)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:48:17 GMT

Hmmm—just in time for the Olympics in Beijing, a sexy tribute to Nazi queen Leni Riefenstahl. I'm not sure I'm on board with the taste level of Wing (Fall 2008), but the guys are pretty. Of course, that was true...

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Tents, barbecues, activities and swastika tea towels (The Irish Times)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:39:03 GMT

... of Rostock. They discovered a neo-Nazi indoctrination camp for youth, and scenes straight from a Leni Riefenstahl film.The camp was awash with banned swastikas: on books, flags, even tea towels. All signs were in old German script; one tent bore a sign reading "Führerbunker".Staying at the camp were 39 uniformed boys and girls aged between eight and 14 who, police said, were being...

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Kahane: The Morning After the Morning After the Night of t... (National Review Online)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:59:24 GMT

... the Leaning Tower of Pisa), which sent 200,000 Germans into paroxysms of ecstasy not seen since Leni Riefenstahl was toting a camera. Nobody feels more like a citizen of the world than the Germans, especially when they’re hungry and don’t have time to phone ahead to Paris or Rome for reservations.And yet… where was the bounce? Obama’s statistically insignificant lead over that wrinkly...

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Olympic Ramblings And More (Tom McMahon)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:33:00 GMT

Can you even imagine what Leni Riefenstahl could have done with Beach Volleyball? On the other hand, NBC could have done a lot with Jesse Owens, too. The Fencer -- wouldn't this character be a great new villain for Batman'...

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China: Olympics as mass ritual, rite of passage, or just one big party? (Global Voices Online)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:25:58 GMT

Is Zhang Yimou China’s Leni Riefenstahl, or an artist who has turned mass spectacle ritual into a modern art form? Haiyan Lee delves into this question, and others, at The China Beat.

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Drums of change -- (Trinidad Express)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:18:07 GMT

... internationally. Its clout resides not in its political beliefs and practices - unlike Leninism, pan-Slavism is not likely to win any non-Slavic adherents - or in its economic model but in its reserves of oil and natural gas, on which Europe in particular is dependent. It is not our proto-democratic buddy, but neither is it the kind of threat that requires ginning up the Cold War again,...

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More Olympic tragedy (The Navel of the Internet)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:37:52 GMT

... of two Brazilians hired for the Games. That’s the Olympic spirit! Anyhow, for bonus coverage, see Leni Riefenstahl’s documentary on the 1936 Olympic Opening Ceremony, the source of the modern model:

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Leni Riefenstahl’s Olympia: Diving at the ‘36 Games (Open Culture)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:57:10 GMT

Produced at the request of the International Olympics Committee (and not at the behest of the Nazi propaganda machine), Leni Riefenstahl’s 1938 documentary, Olympia, is considered one of the more important sports documentaries of the 20th century. Below, we have posted a well known sequence that recalls the diving competition at the ‘36 Berlin Games. [...] ShareThis

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You mean history hasn't ended yet? (Classical Values)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:37:42 GMT

... a reminder that history didn't end in 1934:....Not since the Nazi's 1934 Nuremberg rally, which Leni Riefenstahl turned into the film "Triumph of the Will," has tyranny been so brazenly tarted up as art.A worldwide audience of billions swooned over the Beijing ceremony. Who remembers 1934? Or anything.Also acknowledging American impotence, sees the conflict in grimly realistic terms:...

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Tyranny Tarted Up as Art (Division of Labour)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:36:04 GMT

... subordination of individuality to the collective. Not since the Nazi's 1934 Nuremberg rally, which Leni Riefenstahl turned into the film "Triumph of the Will," has tyranny been so brazenly tarted up as art.

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Going for gold on the silver screen (The blog Film)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:00:37 GMT

Spectacular ... Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia. Photo: Ronald Grant ArchiveNot since Leni Riefenstahl has a film-maker made as big an impact on the Olympics as . Hopefully, an enterprising distributor will release this majestic pageant on DVD. In the meantime, several other summer Olympic pictures are worth seeking out.The motto, "Swifter, Higher, Stronger", has never been better...

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Strippers + Explosions = Patriotism. Clip of the Day. (FLiXER: Entertainment Industry News)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:00:20 GMT

Last Friday, I suggested that the prologue to Leni Riefenstahl’s Olympia be featured ahead of Olympics coverage. But I’ve changed my mind after seeing this montage created by L.A.’s Cinefamily (the gang behind the recently revitalized Silent Movie Theater ) & Pimpedelic Wonderland for a 4th of July event last month. It clearly says everything there is to say about America, and it would...

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Opening Bell: 8.11.08 (DealBreaker)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:06:41 GMT

Olympics Opening Ceremonies Creep Everyone Out (The Economist) Berlin's Beijing's Olympic opening ceremonies, choreographed by Leni Riefenstahl Zhang Yimou, scared just about everyone who watched, including my mom. That was probably the purpose. Russia Creeps Into Georgia (New York Times) Creepy Thom Yorke look-alike Vladimir Putin proves he can multi-task by simultaneously watching...

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Peril ahead? (Jahsonic)

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:33:42 GMT

Left: Triumph of the Will, right: opening ceremony 2008 olympics “Last Friday, China upped Leni Riefenstahl and raised the standards with regards to the spectacle. Does this mean that we are going to war in 5 years'” –Sholem Stein

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Olympics and Leni Riefenstahl (Personal Cyber Botanica)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:33:36 GMT

Do controversial events result in controversial people, or it’s inversely?! Which came first, the chicken or the egg? I don’t remember the heavily boycotted XXII Summer Olympic Games in Moscow which took place in 1980… But I do remember the badges (bear Misha, remember!?), which could be today easily found at all flea markets or antique [...]

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Olympia. Clip of the Day (FLiXER: Entertainment Industry News)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:32:05 GMT

I know it’s quite an obvious choice to feature part of Leni Riefenstahl’s Olympia today, but I’m doing it anyway. I’ve personally never had the patience to watch any of the actual Olympic Games, but I have no difficulty watching the few hours of beautifully abridged footage presented in this two part film. I truly wish that every year’s games could have been shot by Riefenstahl...

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