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Lessons of Darkness / Fata Morgana
Germany 1992/1969, 54/76 minutes
Dir. Werner Herzog
In English, German with English subtitles
Rating: [Exempt]
Genres: Documentary / Adventure, Sociology, War
Topics: Hippies & Psychedelia.
Aroview: Two of dir. Herzog’s impressionistic documentaries on a double DVD.
LESSONS OF DARKNESS investigates the aftermath of the Gulf War, with apocalyptic aerial shots of the devastated Kuwaiti oilfields and the torturous process of capping a burning oilwell. FATA MORGANA finds Herzog forging bleak poetry from the arid, junk-strewn landscapes of Northern Africa.
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5 stars (Exceptional) "Lessons of Darkness" is a bleak memorial to the first Iraq War. It is a vision of hell - but all true. "Fata Morgana" is quite different - a surrealist vision of the Sahara desert. Beautiful & scary. ~Sandy
DVD Features
Commentary is on "Fata Morgana" only.
- audio commentary
- English subtitles for the hearing impaired
Close Relatives
- Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972)
- Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
- Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
- Powaqqatsi (1988)
- Scared Sacred (2004)
- Werner Herzog Documentaries and Shorts - Part 1 (1962)
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