Lessons of Darkness (1992)
Shot in documentary style from the perspective of an almost alien observer, the film is an exploration of the ravaged oil fields of post-Gulf War Kuwait. An effective companion to his earlier film Fata Morgana, Herzog again perceives the desert as a landscape with its own voice, as he glides over seas of oil, geyser-like infernos, monstrous smoke plumes and ashen roadways. With musical accompaniment by Wagner, Prokofiev and Pärt to boot, he observes the soot-covered creatures allured by the blaze.
Release : 1992
Runtime : 54 minutes
Genre : War, Documentary
Cast : Werner Herzog
Crew : Werner Herzog (Director), Werner Herzog (Writer), Paul Berriff (Producer), Paul Berriff (Director of Photography), Rainer Klausmann (Director of Photography), Rainer Standke (Editor)
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