CRITICISM

Conrad, Peter. “Leni Riefenstahl, 1902-2003.” Observer (14 September 2003): 6.

Conrad discusses the lasting influence of Riefenstahl's body aesthetic, as represented in her film Olympia, on contemporary popular culture.

Deutschmann, Linda. “Introduction: Triumph of the Will (Der Triumph des Willens, 1935).” In Triumph of the Will: The Image of the Third Reich, pp. 1-14. Wakefield, N.H.: Longwood Academic, 1991.

Deutschmann outlines how Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will has ongoing relevance within the world of film scholarship, despite the universal condemnation the film has earned for its political message.

Haskell, Molly. “The Ride of a Valkyrie.” Washington Post Book World 23, no. 35 (29 August 1993): 1, 10.

Haskell characterizes the tone of Leni Riefenstahl: A Memoir as “disturbing,” largely due to Riefenstahl's descriptions of the rapport between herself and Adolf Hitler.

Peucker, Brigitte. “The Fascist Choreography: Riefenstahl's Tableaux.” Modernism/Modernity 11, no. 2 (April 2004): 279-97.

Peucker explores the visual imagery in Riefenstahl's films “within a matrix of related cultural and aesthetic phenomena.”

Additional coverage of Riefenstahl's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 108, 220; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 16; and Literature Resource Center.