Elia Kazan...Genius or Lowlife?

10-01-2003, 02:32 PM

I *really* try to assume an "innocent until proven guilty" mindset, and because of that, I have a bit of empathy for Riefenstahl. If you value your life, and Hitler asks you to do something, do you do it?

Was she such an artist that she demanded nothing less than perfection from herself? And as such, is that why the film is so technically brilliant yet so despicable?

We have to admit that hindsight is 20/20 and ask ourselves, in 1934, was it likely that she was aware of the so-called "evils" of the Nazi party?

Again, I have a bit of empathy for Riefenstahl, because she <b>was</b> an artist, and she was operating under extraordinary circumstances. I can't say for certain how I would have done when faced with the same.

10-01-2003, 02:32 PM	#1
dave Guest Posts: n/a	I really try to assume an "innocent until proven guilty" mindset, and because of that, I have a bit of empathy for Riefenstahl. If you value your life, and Hitler asks you to do something, do you do it? Was she such an artist that she demanded nothing less than perfection from herself? And as such, is that why the film is so technically brilliant yet so despicable? We have to admit that hindsight is 20/20 and ask ourselves, in 1934, was it likely that she was aware of the so-called "evils" of the Nazi party? Again, I have a bit of empathy for Riefenstahl, because she <b>was</b> an artist, and she was operating under extraordinary circumstances. I can't say for certain how I would have done when faced with the same.

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