The Blue Light

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Audience Member this is why Riefenstahl got 2 do 'triumph of the will' Hitler saw her in this one Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member It's all a bit Freudian and far too slow at times, but the photography is so sublime that it doesn't matter. Black and White has seldom looked so beautiful and the use of light is magnificent. Riefenstahl certainly knew how to film and light faces (including her own), a talent that would later enhance her propaganda films for the Nazis. This film is more than an historical curiosity - it is quite a work of art.This film is clearly not an ordinary film. The plot is rather strange and fantastic-like a modern fairytale. The cinematography is luminous and quite beautiful (and almost like Ansel Adams pictures come to life). And, combined with the music, it's more a piece of art than a traditional film for mass consumption. If you can watch it and appreciate it on this level, then you'll no doubt enjoy this movie. If you aren't, then it will be very tough going-mostly because it is so strange and because it does not have a particularly conventional narrative. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member A striking mountain visual here and there hint at what was to come, otherwise this story of an outcast of mysterious competence is a fairly standard, yet more concise take on a mountain film. Although it is a sound film, the dialog is minimal, giving it the feel of a silent film. It's also an interesting vehicle for the young Leni with her athletic prowess on display here. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member This is defently the best Films of all Time A Gigantic Statement for Indivualism Now i understand everything Riefenstahl's Personality & Tragedy why she thought that Way why she act that Way Hitler's Personality why he develop that Way why he thought that Way whay he act that Way a Masterpiece of Impressionism-Expressionism Impressing Pictures of the Dolomits and Leni Riefenstahl is so damn sexy all Feelings in my Brain and my Body press for sleeping with her maybe i dig her Corpse out and reanimat it what a downknocking Lady like a Wild Animal maybe i take a Time Travel and get her Lover Hitler was such a Douchebag for not fucking her but it's true was she said he was the Nicest Man ever been just the Surroundings force him to do such drastic Things and it is alone a Pleasure to be with her Mind i think he was for seperating Platonic and Physcial Love so Eva Braun fullfill the Physicial Part while Leni Riefenstahl fullfil the Platonic Part end it shows how important the English Language as a World Language is the Main Characters can' talk with each other because they speak each only German and Italian and that in a Mixed-Habitated Area but they understand without Words Love is stronger than all Boundaries Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member The first movie made by Leni Riefenstahl. An alpine witch much admires a shining blue light that emanates from a mountaintop. Science explains much, though perhaps not everything fully. A surreal fantasia of a film from the 1930s. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member This is an intriguing film more for the history associated with it than for the film itself. Leni Riefenstahl, much maligned for directing the Nazi vehicles "Olympia" and "Will to Power," both directs and stars in "The Blue Light" as a woman who lives on a mysterious mountain, where she gathers the beautiful crystals that grow in its caves. The villagers fear and despise her for her ability to climb the summit when the moon is full, whereas all the men die when they attempt to do it. Although this makes an interesting premise for a story, Riefenstahl is much more concerned with imagery than plot, and the film suffers for it, often feeling long at a mere 80 minutes. However, many of her images are breathtaking, such as the eerie shots of the moon and the close-ups of the stubborn Tyrolean villagers which neither praise nor condemn them. Indeed, Riefenstahl protested that this sense of objectivity applied to her propaganda films as well. I'm curious to see these, as I've heard so much about them. Whether Leni Riefenstahl was a Nazi witch or merely a woman who found cinematic gems in an unlikely place remains open to vigorous debate. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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