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vahid se7en

25May12

In the realm of war, fire, torture, death

Acephalous

20Feb11

Would be Herzog's ultimate masterpiece... had he not decided to do voice-over narration.

souljacker

24Mar11

What? There's no way his voice-overs would take away from anything
Patrick

7Jun11

hell yah! motha fucka be talking the real shit, this ain't be no koyaanisqatsi !

Umberto L.

11Jan11

Among the things that I like to see in a film there are: 'conquistadores' and oil. Now try to guess why I love Herzog so much...

M4rty

15Sep10

Agree!...the greatest, & most beautiful anti-war film ever made.

Nadafingah

13Jul10

My favorite of all of Herzog's work. Alternately harrowing and strangely beautiful.

A companion piece to Fata Morgana, Lessons of Darkness is an experimental documentary in the vein of docs like Koyaanisqatsi and Baraka. Darkness may fall short compared to those two, but it sure packs a wallop for its 52 minute running time.

PolarisDiB

9Dec09

Elemental look into real life Apocalypse. All hope ends in a final scene where the fires are reignited, ultimately showing the need for destruction in those who are purported to save us.

traag-1

7Dec09

I love that politics never played any role in the burning crude.

Caleb Strul

27Jun09

Beautiful and mesmerizing. I leave it on as a screensaver so I can look up and watch a fountain of oil burning against a desert skyline. Why is this so interesting to look at?

mordlock99

13Jun09

silent film about the hardships of extracting crude oil in iraq

Musidora

3May09

Gorgeous and harrowing landscapes. I don't really see how people call this "detached" from the events at hand... if anything it shows them in a very quiet and completely dignified manner without any fancy frolicking decoration.