In a message dated 2/3/2008 9:08:11 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Susan Sontag drew a connecting thread between her pre-Nazi mountain films, her films for Hitler and Goebbels, and her self-commissioned work with the Nuba. Sontag claimed it showed a 'fascist aesthetic' in her worship of the body beautiful. I'm not sure that it can be called a fascist aesthetic, but the thread is certainly there. Her images are certainly beautiful and very powerful, but when I look at them I don't find myself yearning for a black uniform and a parade ground.
============ Morally, she may have hoovered. No doubt. Though, initially, I don't think many Germans realized just how bad Hitler was and would become. Maybe not even her. Anyway, that was my reaction to Triumph of the Will, it was like a shoe dropping, I finally saw how ordinary Germans could have been caught up in the fervor. Propaganda, of course, has changed news reporting ever since -- when one sees how effective *good* propaganda can be. I've certainly seen some in the US, fairly recently, not nearly as good or convincing. Marnie ;-) --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
