(Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker )
Visto in VHS.
Documentario delle olimpiadi del 1938. Diciamolo subito, è un film di propaganda nazista perché è stato voluto e finanziato dai nazisti, ma salvo qualche svastica sulle bandiere e qualche immagine di Hitler (per lo più all’inizio) l’opera non sembra propendere troppo per i padroni di casa, e si limita a fare quello che è nei progetti. Un documentario sulle olimpiadi.
Le sequenze migliori sono quelle initial, where all is beauty and inventiveness, rather than a film where you are in front of a work of visual art. The film begins with the classical representation (Greek) of beauty, a comparison with current athletes and then running the Olympic torch from Olympia to Berlin (the same idea this Riefenstahl and some hierarchy). As I said, a series of stunning sequences, which alone shows the ability of the director.
Then the film actually becomes a documentary. Shows the sequences more interesting (and all finals) of different specialties. The Riefenstahl seems more interested in athletic than you results, but of course there are also races, shown with an array of enviable resources, trolleys, thousands of shots at the same time, close-ups, slow motion and thousands of details (the influence is very evident that the German director has given the royal sport). Although for my personal taste aside purely documentary has the greatest interest in showing the small differences with the present day, from people blockade achieved by digging holes in the ground, the high jump before the method Fosbury .
A very good film that shows great technique and the aesthetic taste of Riefenstahl and, in my view, the insistence of the shots in favor of Owens show some sympathy for the symbol of those Olympic sports that clashes with the idea of \u200b\u200ba director ... political leanings.
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