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  1. "He told NPR in 1978, 'There's a relationship between attention span and morality. I think that, if you shorten people's attention span a great deal, you are left with only the attraction of power.'

    "In 1992, he told NPR that his mission was to make the world a better place through his work, going beyond entertainment. 'That's what we live for, isn't it?' he said. 'To try to make it better.'"

    Marcel Ophuls, who chronicled 20th century conflict and atrocities, dies at 97.

    npr.org/2025/05/26/683323335/m

    #AttentionSpan #morality #documentarian #filmmaker #nazis #Germany #France #HôtelTerminus #TheSorrowAndThePity