[LEN-E] Bach & Wege

[Nick Haysom]

Thanks for that, Ron.  Very interesting!  The intertitles work perfectly (nice font) - in fact they look pretty authentic to me!  As to "Who's that girl?" I'd agree: it *could* be her but I wouldn't bet money on it.  I'd be more inclined to say it was Leni's stunt double...

In fact, in the first sequence I actually thought the main dancer (on the right) was going to be the one who was claimed to be Leni.  That said, if someone said to me (of the still) "That's Leni on the ground" I don't suppose I'd question it.  The problem is, in part, that it is very easy to "see" what one expects to see: the brain always looks for familiar patterns it can latch onto.  Once the brain is convinced about something it is very difficult to unconvince it. Without a signed affadavit to the contrary, Bach's version is as "true" as anyone else's.

BTW I have to wonder whether Bach's judgement was based just on the facial similarity or did he use any other criteria?  :)

Nick