This book is written in an unusual manner. It is auto-biography written in an impresionistic fashion, looking back over the author's life from a perspective of flashbacks during a one week diving trip on the Red Sea.
The author, an Hollywood PR agent in earlier days, attempts to add interest to her life and work by comparing and contrasting it with what she learns of Leni Riefenstahl, the 82 Year old (at the time) genius who happened to be on the boat diving with the her.
Leni was the woman who filmed OLYMPIA and THE TRIUMPH of THE WILL during Hitler's Regieme. While initially attracted by Leni's agelessness and charm, the author allows her religion and politics to change her… Read more