Fatal Attractions
"Leni Riefenstahl's "The Blue Light
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4299932 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eric Rentschler (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Pages | 46 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | October (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2870 • E-ISSN: 1536-013X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/778948 |
| OpenAlex | W2321077430 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The effective history of Nazi film begins before 1933 and continues well after 1945. Perhaps no other example illustrates this insight as strikingly as Leni Riefenstahl's The Blue Light (Das blaue Licht), film premiered in 1932, reprised in 1938, re-released in 1952, work spanning three epochs in German film history. The National Verleih press booklet for the latter version heralds it as a standard work in German film history, a film of lasting quality . . . that must be numbered among the most unforgettable titles.' This formulation offers paradoxical orientation: the film stands, at once, firmly inside of history as a standard work, and yet beyond the passage of time as well, a film of lasting
Art · Art history · Blue light · Optics · Physics · European history and politics · German History and Society · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2022 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |