Lessons of Darkness
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Lessons of Darkness

79% Match
1992
0h 54m
movie
WarDocumentaryTV Movie

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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Lessons of Darkness

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Director / Creator: Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Self - Narrator (voice)

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“Can destruction be beautiful? Yes.”

October 30, 2016
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