Leni Riefenstahl
Was anyone else shocked by the inclusion of Leni Riefensthal in the Academy tributes last night?
I don’t know what she has been up to, post 1945, but she used to be Hitler’s pet cinemetographer. Her “Triumph of the Will” and other films helped usher the Nazis into power and provided an emotional underpinning for the Third Reich.
She may have reformed her ways in the 58 years after the war, but I would think that her close association with the EVIL of 1933-1945 Germany would preclude public honors, particularly in a generally liberal organization.
Does anyone know more about her postwar career? Do you think she should have been honored last night?
