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EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: Henry Muller...
...story. A half-century after shooting her last feature, Riefenstahl is still the world's most controversial director; her name summons the conflicts of defiant artistry and compromised morality. Thus the U.S. publication of Leni Riefenstahl: A Memoir (St. Martin's Press; $35) and the U.S. premiere of Ray Muller's documentary The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (at the New York Film Festival) are vital artistic events...
...Muller's documentary is a galloping, galvanizing three hours in the company of a supremely dogged adventurer. "Her enthusiasm is so intense," Muller says. "It is a quality I wish more filmmakers of this generation shared." For his camera, Riefenstahl tirelessly revisited the sites of her triumphs and debacles, defended her life, argued with the first man in 60 years to try to direct her. "When the subject was art, diving, things she likes," he recalls, "she was charming, interesting, a wonderful person. But she is still a '30s diva, after all, and not accustomed to being crossed...
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: Henry Muller...
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: Henry Muller...