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Aro Recommended Lessons of Darkness / Fata Morgana

 

Germany 1992/1969, 54/76 minutes
Dir. Werner Herzog
In English, German with English subtitles
Rating: [Exempt]
Genres: Documentary / Adventure, Sociology, War

Topics: Hippies & Psychedelia.

 

Aroview: Two of dir. Herzog’s impressionistic documentaries on a double DVD.

LESSONS OF DARKNESS investigates the aftermath of the Gulf War, with apocalyptic aerial shots of the devastated Kuwaiti oilfields and the torturous process of capping a burning oilwell. FATA MORGANA finds Herzog forging bleak poetry from the arid, junk-strewn landscapes of Northern Africa.

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DVD Features

Commentary is on "Fata Morgana" only.

  • audio commentary
  • English subtitles for the hearing impaired
 

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