Lessons of Darkness 1992
7.9/10 by 127 users
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.
- Released: 1992-02-21
- Runtime: 54 minutes
- Genre: War, Documentary
- Stars: Werner Herzog
- Director: Werner Herzog, Rainer Klausmann, Werner Herzog, Lucki Stipetić, Rainer Standke
