[Borges]

None of Riefenstahl's features for the Nazis (Triumph of the Will, Olympiad) were in color. It just shows how art can surpass propaganda. From a technical standpoint Riefenstahl was a great film maker. When she visited Hollywood in the 1930s Walt Disney was the only studio head who would see her and her influence is apparent in stuff like Bambi and Pinocchio.

[Liz]

Please. I used the word "technicolor" as a writing device to emphasize a point, not to suggest Riefenstahl's work was in color. Why don't you try to think bigger thoughts, instead of relying on your ambitious provincialism?

BTW, that Disney was the only one to meet with Riefenstahl is a popular agenda-centric myth.


Most interesting is the number of German emigres who settled in Hollywood through the help of networks. Hollywood mogul Carl Laemmle helped fellow Germans out during the Nazi era. By one researcher’s account, Laemmle provided at least 300 affidavits, documents that guaranteed that an applicant for a US visa would be employed in Hollywood (and not become a public charge).

This concentrated milieu of immigrants had an inordinate and profound influence on films for years to come.