Film Review "Victory of Will"

For American film historians, Victory of Will is "the most authoritative propaganda film". There is no commentary in the film Victory of Will, and Riventhal regards any words as the enemy of the film. When words are needed, actual recordings of speeches by Hitler or other Nazi leaders are used. The film's charm comes from the director's handling of pictures and sound: marching crowds, cheering crowds, flags and Nazi party emblem, eagle emblem, ancient German streets and towers, folk songs and dances, clouds, speeches, military uniforms, and the frequent appearance of "Fuehrer" Hitler. In the filming of Victory of Will, the strong-willed Riefenstahl fully demonstrated her film-making style. Anything that conflicts with her aesthetic requirements, no matter how important it is as the content of the film, will be ruthlessly rejected by her. All the pictures in the film should be shot at the right exposure and shooting angle under the most beautiful light and angle. In order to get this kind of picture, she did not hesitate to shoot from all angles with dozens of cameras, and then selected the picture she needed from a large number of films shot in this way, and then edited it from 6,543,800+7,000 feet of film. As a talented and well-trained dancer, she has a good grasp of the rhythm and dynamic performance of the film, which makes the film a hearty work in visual expression. The connection and transformation between melody, rhythm and action can be described as seamless, and the sense of rhythm, pleasure and intoxication caused by the constant change of the picture has become the keynote of her film. Rivenstal is also good at using static pictures, so that as a pause, it has an abrupt effect. Under the interpretation of her spectacular pictures, Nazi thought became an intoxicating visual fantasy. The film is not so much the product of her influence on Nazi thought as the product of Nazi fanaticism and intoxication at the meeting. She used the camera as a tool to experience the ecstasy of Nazism at the conference site and sublimated it into a visual aesthetics of Nazism. Lenny Riefenstahl made this montage documentary reflecting the Nazi Party have a strong visual impact through rhythmic editing, and she raised pure political propaganda materials to a rare artistic height. Because of her outstanding technical and aesthetic achievements, Ravenstar became "the most imaginative propagandist of Nazi self-expression".

The victory of will puzzled many people and made them determined to gather under Hitler's banner. Therefore, the great success of this film in publicity is "unforgivable". However, so far, no film has been so widely used by opponents. Countries opposed to Hitler borrowed most of the contents of Victory of the Will from their own anti-war propaganda films. No film shows Hitler's demonic nature and the loss of human self-control so vividly. The only explanation for this strange phenomenon is that Rivesta's camera can't lie, and the truth it reveals is always chilling. Georges sadoul, a French film historian, said: "It inadvertently became a very meaningful material, exposing the two sides of the regime it praised, namely, politeness on the surface and barbarism in the bones." As an artist, Riefenstahl is excellent, and her artistic skills and accomplishments are amazing. Even as a propagandist, she was praised for her extraordinary ability and political frankness in dealing with spectacular scenes. As a film director, Li Finstad developed photography and filter technology, and developed montage factors including nature, architectural art and human body. Her documentary masterpiece has become a valuable document in The Times. As female directors, her artistic attainments are no less than those of male directors, and her dedication and sacrifice to mountaineering films and sports films are obvious to all. Rivesta started from the male-dominated art field in the 1930s. She has no advantages in financial resources, organizational means and social status, but she dares to liberate herself in the tough competition. She likes sports, whether climbing mountains or diving. She appreciates and praises her strong physique. Rivenstar's art has a * * * similarity, that is, it places great emphasis on the vitality of the body, which is highlighted in dance and sports, and later reflected in African jungles and underwater photography. This may be the reason why she has a soft spot for sports movies.

Before evaluating Victory of the Will, I have to introduce the director of this film-Lenny Riventhal. She is a legendary woman in the history of contemporary art. Lenny Livingston is famous all over the world for filming Victory of the Will, a famous film promoting the Nazi Third Reich. As a work of art, Victory of the Will is undoubtedly successful, with extraordinary shock, but it also brought her endless troubles, for which she was imprisoned three times. But she didn't give up because of it. She said in an interview: "Life is beautiful. Love life and devote yourself to it. No matter how many setbacks and difficulties you encounter, don't give up life and give up your efforts. " This woman touched me. Her life has not been easy. She has succeeded, failed, worked hard, suffered, been happy and wonderful, and every step is her own footprint.

Victory of Will won the gold medal at the Paris Film Festival and was rated as the most powerful and influential documentary in the world. The film tells the general party member meeting of the Nazi Party in Nuremberg from 65438 to 0934, mainly praising Hitler and the Nazi Party, with a strong propaganda color. Aside from the background of this incident, the director's shooting technique is superb, and the artistic technique of the film is also superb, which is imitated by future generations.

Rifenstar filmed Hitler from a mythical perspective. At the beginning, there were clouds all over the sky, just like the social background at that time, which was bumpy and full of hope. Then everyone welcomed Hitler. Hitler descended from the sky like a "god" and came here like a god to save the German nation. The director filmed the masses from Hitler's perspective, interspersed with some close-ups of the masses, filmed Hitler from the perspective of the masses, forcibly pulled the audience into the director's thinking, and followed the masses to worship the Fuhrer. A large number of elevation lenses are used in the film. The use of elevation lens can make the subject look tall, so it is mainly used to shoot Hitler, so that Hitler under the lens is magnificent, powerful and majestic, surrounded by the masses, full of affinity and dignity, and impassioned in front of the army without losing elegance and stability.

This documentary does not use off-screen explanation, but lets the picture itself and the voice, sound and music collected from the scene explain the problem. There are only Nazi songs and German national anthem in the music, but the whole movie is set in an impassioned and inspiring tone. The whole movie is really powerful and inspiring. The film structure does not adopt the method of connecting the past with the future. For example, in the performance of the six major conferences, the director turned the unremarkable events into poetic films, divided the conferences into several parts and relied on the promotion of emotions to complete them. The director used this unique technique to shoot, which made a very boring meeting with strong political significance infected with artistic atmosphere.

Metaphors are widely used in the film, such as scenes of a large number of children in the film, smiling faces of children in the military camp, children scrambling to watch in the parade, children trying to perform in children's military music, etc ... The film of children's love for Hitler in Riventhal is more convincing than the worship of an adult, because children represent the hope and future of a country, and their support for Nazi and Hitler is an important force for Hitler's permanent rule. What impressed me most about this film was that the ubiquitous Nazi flags and symbols, together with Hitler's impassioned speeches, promoted the Nazis imperceptibly all the time.

Rivensta's fascination with documentary cameras and her passionate work style make us have to admit that she is a movie eye in the sense of Wiltoff. Rivenstar, a talented film eye, is very good at capturing essential elements, even evil elements, in historical events. Victory of the Will was a great success in publicity, which puzzled many people. However, so far, no film has been so widely used by opponents. Countries opposed to Hitler borrowed most of the contents of Victory of the Will from their own anti-war propaganda films. No film shows Hitler's demonic nature and the loss of human self-control so vividly. The only explanation for this strange phenomenon is that Rivesta's camera can't lie, and the truth it reveals is always chilling.