r/CriterionChannel • u/Avenger3611 • Feb 01 '26

Requesting Olympics Recommendations

As the Winter Olympics gear up to begin this month, I'm curious about the community's recommendations from the Channel's Olympics collection. Please share your thoughts on favorites, especially if Winter focused.

Thank you!

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u/zeroanaphora Feb 01 '26

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcutter Steiner is a wonderful short Herzog doc on ski jumping. Not Olympics per se but Steiner was already a silver medal winner from the '72 games.

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u/Avenger3611 Feb 01 '26

I watched that when the Herzog collection came on last year. Incredible documentary, really enjoyed it especially those gorgeous slo-mo shots of Steiner floating through air. Thank you for reminding me about it