The collection includes the most important critical essays written by Susan Sontag from 1972 to 1980. In addition to poignant memories of Roland Barth and Paul Goodman and essays on Walter Benjamin and Antonin????, "Under the Sign of Saturn" includes criticism of Hitler's favorite director Leni Riefenstahl, as well as a brilliant analysis of the anti-fascist film by Hans-Jürgen Sieberberg. In his as always frank texts, Sontag discusses death, art, history, imagination and writing as such.