If using Leni Riefenstahl’s footage is condemnable, are you also going to condemn them for wearing nazi uniforms in their videos, as well as everyone else who’s been involved in a film that uses nazi imagery?
Obviously there’s contextual nuance involved, and you’re steamrolling over it with that question. You haven’t even mentioned the context in which Riefenstahl’s footage was used.
The irony is that people who defend Triumph Of The Will say that it should be judged separate from the political context in which it was created.
If using Leni Riefenstahl’s footage is condemnable, are you also going to condemn them for wearing nazi uniforms in their videos, as well as everyone else who’s been involved in a film that uses nazi imagery?
Obviously there’s contextual nuance involved, and you’re steamrolling over it with that question. You haven’t even mentioned the context in which Riefenstahl’s footage was used.
The irony is that people who defend Triumph Of The Will say that it should be judged separate from the political context in which it was created.
There’s no need to dig that deep into it. Till Lindemann himself recognised it was a provocation that they took too far.