The Great Ecstasy Of The Woodcarver Steiner

This 1975 documentary about the reckless champion ski jumper Walter Steiner has pretty much the same voyeuristic morbidity as Herzog’s other personal documentaries: it’s skillfully realized, but without the sort of reflection that might encourage an audience to think about its own freak-show interest in what it’s watching. (JR)

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