Leni Riefenstahl and L. Ron Hubbard writing together? How the hell did this happen? When I came across the story of the famous cult leader L. Ron Hubbard and Nazi Leni Riefenstahl working together on a screenplay in 1960, I was understandably shocked. But it turns out, the news has been around for a while. Riefenstahl's biography mentions it, and there have been records of Hubbard and her meeting and even exchanging letters. In actuality, she even stayed at his private apartment in England for a while. But how did this all happen? The Daily Beast broke the amazing article last night, which includes parts of the screenplay you can read on their site. It turns out that years after Riefenstahl's involvement with creating Nazi propaganda films, Hollywood had grown numb to her war crimes and was open to working with the filmmaker again. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 31 May, 2021