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Lessons of Darkness

1992 · 54 min

A hypnotic, otherworldly drift through burning wastelands, more like science fiction than reportage, demanding patience and rewarding it with haunting images.

Overview: Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire would be extinguished, Werner Herzog filmed this apocalyptic landscape with its murky skies, scorched earth and capricious flames.

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
environment
death
madness
isolation
Places: wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	5
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	0
Tension	5
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: war, documentary, tv movie
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Written by: Werner Herzog
Starring: Werner Herzog
Cinematography: Paul Berriff, Rainer Klausmann
Runtime: 54 min
Country: France, United Kingdom, Germany
Languages: German, Arabic

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