Lessons of Darkness (1992)
- Original title
- Lektionen in Finsternis
- Directed by
- Werner Herzog
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom, France
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 156 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary shows the oil fields of Kuwait after the Gulf War ended. Herzog reveals a landscape of burning wells and black rain. The film treats the destruction as a strange and terrible spectacle.
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What happens
Lessons of Darkness (German: Lektionen in Finsternis) is a 1992 documentary film directed by Werner Herzog. The film is an exploration of the ravaged oil fields of post-Gulf War Kuwait, portrayed in a manner that accentuates the catastrophic and surreal nature of the landscape. An effective companion to Herzog's earlier film Fata Morgana, the film again perceives the desert as a landscape with its voice. A co-production with Paul Berriff, the film was financed by the television studios Canal+ and Première. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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