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Triumph of the Will

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[Note: A beautiful film by one of Adolf Hitler's favorite actresses/directors, Leni Riefenstahl. Leni did a handful of other films during the course of the 3rd Reich, but none so powerful and popular as this. The DVD version above also contains one of her short films 'Day of Freedom.' Although her enemies tried to demonize her work and make her remorseful, she remained proud and defiant until her death.]

[Above: Japanese poster]

[Note: Most do not know that Eva Braun was very technologically inclined. This is her color footage taken of her love and fiance Adolf Hitler (and many other important personalities). She utilized a color camera which was very new at the time. Here is a priceless look behind the scenes at the men who fought to save Europe and the world.]

[Note: In 1953 Gerald Gardner of Northern England wrote one of the most famous and interesting works on witchcraft, Witcraft Today. Six years later, in 1959, Gardner published a companion book called The Meaning of Witchcraft, which is equally interesting. These 1999 versions of the books by Mercury Publishing come with a CD as well. The CD contains recordings of rituals and interviews, but my favorite is a folk song performed by Patricia Crowther called Lord of the Dance. It is said that Gerald Gardner 'borrowed' a lot of material from an older book on Witchcraft, sometimes almost word for word lines. The book is Aradia - Gospel of the Witches, from 1890, another very interesting and highly influential work.]

[Above: Different publisher...]

[Above: Gerald Gardner with friend!]

[Above: The Mystery solved...]

[Note: Dario Argento is one of Italy's all-time greats of horror and suspense films. This book catalogues Argento's many films, listing technical and background information on each. A great book, I just wish there had been more pictures! As you can see from the picture below, the imagery from 70s European horror was unmatched.]

[Note: Few in the mainstream know that in the early nineties there was a game system called 3DO. It was built by Panasonic, later Goldstar and even Sanyo (in Japan), with a system planned by even AT&T, although it never saw the light of day. There was also a last minute and very rare Korean exclusive 3DO called 'Alive II'. The 3DO was a unique game system through and through, and as you can see above, they even licensed pornography films to be played on the system, something no other game system since or prior has had the daring to do. As you can tell by the titles above, these 'films' were somewhat geared toward gamers.]

[Above: Love Bites - back]

[Above: Love Bites - inside]

[Above: Love Bites - disc]

[Note: Here is a digital version of Mein Kampf released in 1999, probably by a person, rather than a company.]