Documentary on a fascinating subject dealt with a great deal of humanity and intelligence. It comes across to me as an homage to the artists and craftsmen and indeed the moviegoers of the cinema of of the Nazis, not the criminally insane behind the productions. The narration is gentle and enthuses over performances... (maybe too quiet on the soundtrack as the movie sound mix is off ....so Nazi music will burst out at twice the volume!). The commentary with the situation of the absolute lack of any true, honest beauty, or real humour leaves it all so open to derision now. British movies even then despite being propaganda for instance were much more easy going and self-effacing at the time. Most documentaries teach you a thing or two you didn't know but this was much more profound. It took me something I think more about the very nature of human evil. For things to meditate on, there is for instance the crazy toxic glow and melting polychromatic fantasies of the work of the studios at the very point of the nemesis of the third Reich.
Review of Hitler's Hollywood
