FST-3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Cinematic Techniques, Nuremberg, Poetic Realism
Document Summary
1933: the nazis ascend: the national socialist party, led by adolf hitler, takes power in germany"s parliament. The nazis institute a fascist government, promote an aggressively nationalistic agenda, and preach radical purity as a central tenet. Racism, fantasy of racial purity german pure race should rule the world. 1935: cinematic propaganda: leni reifenstahl"s film triumph of the will documents the massive nazi rally in nuremburg, and is considered a major masterpiece. Leni female director, previously an actress who made documentary on rally in nuremburg in 1934. Cinematic techniques used to celebrate hitler, to make the case that hitler already ruled the world, film made to intimidate and inform the world about what hitler was all about. Close up shots, of hitler and other nazi"s listening to him, then cut to room full of people back and forth between individuals and collective.
