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Though the plot and characterizations of Paths to Glory are generally cliched, Kubric does provide the viewer with some powerful images of the ugliness of war: a comatose prisoner who has to be propped up to be executed, soldiers who have descended to savagery yet cry at the sound of a beautiful song, men going into battle armed only with a revolver and a whistle. But this message is conveyed in the first few frames of the film...
...Another viewer of Paths to Glory offered the insight: "It was good in that it was short." One should always wonder about any film whose highest achievement is being short...
Muller has several alternating ways of presenting Riefenstahl to the viewer, tracing her life both chronologically and geographically. While Riefenstahl does most of the talking in a series of mini-monologues at many of the important places of her life, Muller also engages her in conversation about specific aspects of her life and work...
Along with this dialogue, Muller intersperses clips from movies which influenced Riefenstahl and from the films in which she acted or directed. All of the film's contrasts insure that the viewer never gets bored...
...Triumph of the Will" an example of great art? Which is more important, the film's status as a technical masterpiece, or its content, which seems to praise one of history's most evil ideologies? These are the difficult questions that Muller leaves the viewer to consider...