Olympia / Taylor Downing.
Olympia / Taylor Downing.
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Publisher
Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave MacMillan ; London : On behalf of British Film Institute, 2012.
Date
2012.
Call Numbers
N791.4372/239
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Language
English
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Physical content
128 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Contents
The Olympics on film 1896-1932 -- Riefenstahl before Olympia -- Production and finance -- Setting up -- The prologue and opening ceremony -- Track and field -- Festival of beauty -- Aftermath.
Publication information
Publisher
Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave MacMillan ; London : On behalf of British Film Institute, 2012.
Edition
2nd ed.
Series
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2012.
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Summary
"Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia (1938) is one of the most controversial films ever made. Capitalising on the success of Triumph of the will (1935), her propaganda film for the Nazi Party, Riefenstahl secured Hitler's approval for her grandiose plans to film the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The result was a work as notorious for its politics as celebrated for...
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Olympia / Taylor Downing.
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General note
BFI film classics.
"A BFI book published by Palgrave Macmillan."
"First edition published in 1992 by the British Film Institute."--t.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 128).
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N791.4372/239
Record Identifier
74VvAygvQdqO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvAygvQdqO
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ISBN
1844574709 (pbk.)
9781844574704 (pbk.)
DDC
791.4372
MMS ID
991013697599702626
