[LEN-E] Zizek, Thomas & Das blaue Licht

[Luc Deneulin]

Hi

As far as Das blaue concerns, however, I must say that
1. the story is based on a book of a Swiss writer
2. Riefenstahl presented to Bela Balazs a sheet or two with the story  
on it, telling it was her own (she has given different accounts of the  
origin: a dream, one of her dances, etc) and he and Carl Mayer wrote  
the script. She was very fair about tthe fact that Balazs and Mayer  
wrote the script  in her Kampf in Schnee iund Eis,
3. Balazs is indeed often mentioned as the co-script person, he was in  
fact the co-director. Riefenstahl admitted that in 1932, denied it as  
from 1933 and admitted it again as from 2001 on her site.
4. Harry Sokal co-produced the film.

I think Zizek has seen the 1952 version of the film, with the  
falsified credits.
Kind regards

Luc




Luc Deneulin
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