tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post5855926510759527394..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Leni Riefenstahl's OlympiaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-78038934340921691282011-08-15T00:20:05.606-04:002011-08-15T00:20:05.606-04:00My great-great-uncle was a Canadian wrestler in th...My great-great-uncle was a Canadian wrestler in the 1936 Olympics - finishing fourth in his weight class.Malcolm+https://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-84169505430530709772011-08-14T23:41:52.632-04:002011-08-14T23:41:52.632-04:00I saw Triumph of the Will as an undergrad, and was...I saw <i>Triumph of the Will</i> as an undergrad, and was bored senseless. There was just too great a bridge to cross, from a 1934 German Fascist sensibility, and a ~1982 US Democratic sensibility. I could appreciate the <i>photography</i>, but literally nothing else. Would my sensibilities be different in 2011? Probably not.<br /><br />Thanks for an interesting post, Doug.JCFnoreply@blogger.com