Triumph of the will response

Triumph of the will is tricky. It's made grippingly beautiful with all sorts of camera shots and angles and light each with extreme precision. The techniques Leni used make it seem like a documentary, however, in my opinion, it is somewhere between that and a propaganda film. It can't be one without being the other. It has too much nationalism and personality to be a documentary. Yes generally documentaries are biased, but usually they present the sometimes self righteous filmmaker's opinions in seemingly objective ways. Triumph had more life in it, which is where the propaganda aspect shines through. Watching it closely the intricacies are impressive. She uses light brilliantly; she makes Hitler into a sex symbol and a God. She makes him larger than life, and it puts his initial position in perspective. Germany was feeling super shitty about World War one, and they were starving. In fact one of America's better moments was when we fed Germany, forgetting politics and remembering humanity. Anyway, Hitler was basically a call from the heavens and the Germans were all relieved when he stepped up, not knowing his sociopathic insane wretched insane envisions of the world. It's a disturbing movie because of the portrayal of something everyone, and I repeat everyone agrees upon: The Holocaust was atrocious, and Hitler is evil; the portrayal of the Nazis and Hitler make them shiny and brilliant and harmless and prideful and powerful and majestic. The movie is between propaganda and documentary, and it's remarkable to say the least.