Unit 4: Triumph of the Will

After watching an excerpt from the movie Triumph of the Will by Leni Riefenstahl, about the Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler’s “success,” it is possible to say that the audience can become very motivated by the promises and illusions made by the Nazi party.  Sadly, the movie has this effect in people only because of the special effects and the production of the movie. I believe this movie is an example of how naïve, unconscious and primal human beings are. This movie shows that human beings are very competitive and that is why they abuse and harm themselves in a psychological way. That is why perhaps, they proclaim to be the most mentally superior living beings in the whole universe, human beings have found their own weakness and that is their own minds. This movie made me realize that art has more influence in people than they would ever know. From speeches, poems, novels, and music to paintings and films, art can change people’s world in one second. This movie has awaken a part of me that made me become aware of how manipulative human beings are. With the movement of the camera, the background music and the special effects Triumph of the Will might have changed the perspective of a great amount of people toward the world and how to live with prosperity. This is how perhaps how we are still manipulated in mere 21st century.