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Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline  My problem with someone saying that Triumph is a Mondo is that it trivializes the subject matter. Mondo movies on the whole are exploitation movies and made to titillate its audience,and also there not renowned for there historical accuracy especially when we know that alot of footage is fake or staged or manipulated.I can't even call Triumph a documentary,where's the political balance,where's an opposing view,there is'nt. As far as Im concerned its propaganda.Rant Over.  
By the way i won't be buying the blu ray.  |
Many documentaries are one-sided polemics – most of Michael Moore's, for instance – but there is still no denying that The Triumph of the Will is propaganda. I studied it at university along with Jud Süß and Der Ewige Jude, both of which (Particularly Jud Süß, which is insidious and not overtly anti-Semitic) are more morally repugnant than Leni Riefenstahl's film. They are all as problematic as the Jacopetti and Prosperi Mondo movies as far as I'm concerned.