There is an excellent McFarland title from 2003 by Rolf Giesen titled "Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography" that's worth looking at. It covers Leni Riefenstahl; Goebbels's marketing, oops, I mean propaganda techniques; and the rabidly anti-Semitic films. For those of you who have seen the new Netflix-released "All Quiet on the Western Front," it's interesting to note that the Nazis tried to sabotage screenings of the 1930 film by picketing it, buying out tickets, and releasing stink-bombs and white mice into the theater after the film began.
It 's interesting to hear about movies that world leaders liked. I wonder which films are being shown at the White House these day--or at Buckingham Palace. Or perhaps leaders don't have time for movies any more and just watch their twitter feeds.
There is an excellent McFarland title from 2003 by Rolf Giesen titled "Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography" that's worth looking at. It covers Leni Riefenstahl; Goebbels's marketing, oops, I mean propaganda techniques; and the rabidly anti-Semitic films. For those of you who have seen the new Netflix-released "All Quiet on the Western Front," it's interesting to note that the Nazis tried to sabotage screenings of the 1930 film by picketing it, buying out tickets, and releasing stink-bombs and white mice into the theater after the film began.
On my reading list! Thank you.
It 's interesting to hear about movies that world leaders liked. I wonder which films are being shown at the White House these day--or at Buckingham Palace. Or perhaps leaders don't have time for movies any more and just watch their twitter feeds.
It's funny as reading about it they had to have projectionists and also obtain the films. Now with streaming all of us are sort of like they were.
Andrew Roberts is good. I really enjoyed his Napoleon biography.
I watched “Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words” on HBO Max which covers WWII and the American Film Industry response to Hitler. I highly recommend!