GRMN 2301 - Exam 2 (With correct answers)

Nazi art views on culture correct answers - women play a very small role or stereotypical role - only the best will be able to play sports because they have to do it well - the art will be very boring because its extremely traditional Ministry and Public Enlightenment and Propaganda is responsible for all activites: correct answers - admin - propaganda - radio - newspapers - film - theater, music, art - protection about lies in Germany + abroad Minister of the ministry is correct answers Joesph Goebbels Nazi film production correct answers - 1094 feature films - of these 941 were genre films - 523 were comedies and musicals Nazi cinema evening program correct answers - newsreel - live comedy act - cartoon - cultural film - feature film Rentschler's 5 premises: correct answers 1. The cinema of the third reich must be seen in the context of a totalitarian state's attempt to remake German culture and politics 2. Nazi films were meant to entertain, "to move the hearts and minds of masses while seeming to have little to do with politics" 3. Orchestra principle: cinema plays a part in the overall program of creating a new culture 4. Nazi culture was a popular culture, not just 'official art' 5. Nazi films aimed to be aesthically pleasing and drew on traditional models of filmmaking, including American cinema conventions Triumph of the Will correct answers - filmed at the 1934 Nuremburg Party congress - director = Leni Rienfenstahl () - length 120 min - made w a team of 120 analysis of Triumph of the Will correct answers - the men are from all different places - working for the good of the race - showing their hands showed physical labor - not a lot of indiviudilization - ritualistic aspect