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Despite the title, we only see Steiner actually sculpting in the first scene; the rest of the film focuses on his other vocation of ski-jumping….The Great Ecstasy of the Sculptor Steiner (1975) is a fascinating and visually stunning portrait of champion ski-jumper Walter Steiner….The fact that Herzog refers to Steiner as a sculptor rather than as a ski-jumper reflects Herzog’s view that Steiner is not a mere sportsman, but an artist who is a…
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