Word: riefenstahl
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...Studios in Berlin, where many German silent films were made, a dispute flares up when Muller asks Riefenstahl to walk and talk at the same time. In another scene at Nuremberg, she grabs Muller's shoulders and shakes...
...most fascinating and disturbing part of the films is when Riefenstahl must face the questions raised by her association with, and work for, the Nazis. From this segment, Muller takes Riefenstahl back to the old Nazi parade grounds outside of Nuremberg...
...Although Riefenstahl was not a member of the National Socialist Party, she did make "Triumph of the Will." This has made her forever a pariah of the filmmaking world...
...Triumph of the Will," says Riefenstahl, is an artistic and not a political film; a documentary and not a propaganda film. Art, she says, is entirely separate from politics, and an artist is in no way responsible for the effect that his or her work has in its political context...
This is a hard line for Muller to swallow, and he presses Riefenstahl to defend her opinions against critics who say that "Triumph of the Will" was a glorification of the Nazis...