Sandra Maischberger meets Leni Riefenstahl.Sandra Maischberger meets Leni Riefenstahl.Sandra Maischberger meets Leni Riefenstahl.
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Wasted Opportunity
The Sandra Maischberger interview of Leni Riefenstahl was the worst interview I've ever seen. In fact it was more of an interrogation than an interview.
To put Ms. Maischberger's interview into perspective the Pope interviewing Martin Luther fifty years after the Protestant Reformation would have conducted his interview in a more compassionate and impartial manner than Ms. Maischberger.
As case-in-point and standing in stark contrast to Ms. Maischberger's interview technique is Larry King. I love Larry King as an interviewer whose Golden Rule is: "Listen." Ms. Maischberger failed to listen or to build upon Ms. Riefenstahl's responses but chose instead to fire a series of disjointed questions at the then 100 year Leni Riefenstahl attempting to crucify her for her alleged affiliation with Hitler and the Nazi party rather than having delved into the genius who was a pioneer in early German film making - - and who has influenced the movie making style of such greats as George Lucas.
For example a piece of information I gleaned from this video which unfortunately was not a part of Ms. Maischberger's interview - was the fact that Ms. Riefenstahl always lighted her male and female actors' faces differently. What other fascinating tidbits of information might we have mined from Ms. Riefenstahl's genius had Ms. Maischberger chosen to not waste this fabulous opportunity? As a parallel we don't all have to agree with Richard Wagner's politics in order to enjoy his music - - and we all don't have to agree with Ms. Riefenstahl's (alleged) politics in order to enjoy her cinematic genius.
In summary this was a wasted opportunity of a grand scale.
To put Ms. Maischberger's interview into perspective the Pope interviewing Martin Luther fifty years after the Protestant Reformation would have conducted his interview in a more compassionate and impartial manner than Ms. Maischberger.
As case-in-point and standing in stark contrast to Ms. Maischberger's interview technique is Larry King. I love Larry King as an interviewer whose Golden Rule is: "Listen." Ms. Maischberger failed to listen or to build upon Ms. Riefenstahl's responses but chose instead to fire a series of disjointed questions at the then 100 year Leni Riefenstahl attempting to crucify her for her alleged affiliation with Hitler and the Nazi party rather than having delved into the genius who was a pioneer in early German film making - - and who has influenced the movie making style of such greats as George Lucas.
For example a piece of information I gleaned from this video which unfortunately was not a part of Ms. Maischberger's interview - was the fact that Ms. Riefenstahl always lighted her male and female actors' faces differently. What other fascinating tidbits of information might we have mined from Ms. Riefenstahl's genius had Ms. Maischberger chosen to not waste this fabulous opportunity? As a parallel we don't all have to agree with Richard Wagner's politics in order to enjoy his music - - and we all don't have to agree with Ms. Riefenstahl's (alleged) politics in order to enjoy her cinematic genius.
In summary this was a wasted opportunity of a grand scale.
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- May 6, 2007
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