Filming at an Olympian remove from ordinary life, Straub and Huillet judge it severely and reach profound, disturbing conclusions: in an unwillingness to face death, modern mankind rejects the gods and despoils the divine realm of nature.
Christopher Owens, one of the co-leaders of the operation, was a talented songwriter and a made-to-order rock star: he had been raised in the Children of God cult, whose refusal to accept modern medicine contributed to the death of his brother, and he had spent his teens struggling with drug addiction.
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Modern lifts, primed ski slopes from "Sesame Street" to "Death Wish", solitary cross-country trails through untouched nature, cosy mountain huts, steaming mulled wine, hearty dinners by a crackling fire - all are hallmarks of a German skiing holiday.
In modern war, Littell says, there is no way to finely calibrate responsibility for the death and destruction wrecked.
The six years it took from his death until Pope Benedict XVI beatified him in 2011 was the shortest time in modern history.
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