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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, decontextualized and characterized in such a way as to emphasize the terrain's cataclysmic strangeness.
Jul 14, 2022 · Lessons of Darkness (German: Lektionen in Finsternis) is a 1992 film by director Werner Herzog. Shot in documentary style on 16-millimetre film from the pers...
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- 28K
- The Viceregal Archive
Jun 9, 2022 · A documentary film by Werner Herzog exploring the ravaged oil fields of post-Gulf War Kuwait. The film is an alien perspective of the desert landscape, decontextualised and characterised by its cataclysmic strangeness.
- 54 min
Oct 26, 2002 · Lessons of Darkness: Directed by Werner Herzog. With Werner Herzog. This film surveys the disaster of the Kuwaiti oil fields in flames, with little narration and scarcely any interviews. Hell on Earth is presented in such transcendent visions and music that one can only be fascinated by it.
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- Documentary, War
- Werner Herzog
- 2002-10-26
Jun 20, 2023 · On April 30, 1999, Werner Herzog delivered – in his iconic Bavarian monotone – a manifesto titled “Lessons of Darkness” at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The now-famous Minnesota Declaration outlined his opposition to documentary filmmaking that makes claims to represent an objective, unaltered version of reality.
- Thom Waite
Retreating from Kuwait after the first Gulf War, the Iraqi army sets fire to the country's oil fields. In this documentary, filmmaker Werner Herzog films the raging flames while narrating from the...
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- Documentary, Sci-Fi, War
Nov 12, 2020 · If it’s possible to think of Michon’s film as a spiritual predecessor to Werner Herzog’s Lessons Of Darkness, which was shot almost a century later in the post-Gulf War oil fields of Kuwait...
