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The deal with Leni Riefenstahl is much bigger than most people would care to admit.

Is your point that Cameron was very influenced by, and incorporates references to Riefenstahl, in his movies?

If that's it, it's not really a very important point.

Riefenstahl was an amazingly influential director. The entire direction of cinema was influenced greatly by her, as it was Georges Méliès or KKK-sympathetic D.W. Griffith.

[Olympiad Fisherman]

Please see post 59 - thanks!

[Tublecane]

“Riefenstahl was an amazingly influential director. The entire direction of cinema was influenced greatly by her, as it was Georges Méliès or KKK-sympathetic D.W. Griffith.”

Or Eisenstein for that matter. This may be a little off subject, but I’ve always found it curious how Riefenstahl and Griffith walk around in our memories with the mark of Cain for their propaganda in support of Nazis and clansmen, respectively, whereas Eisenstein gets off scott free for doing the same for commies. I realize leftist or at least marginally liberal academics and journalists control what gets thrown down the memory hole. But it seems like something more’s at play; I don’t know what.