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Mood:
- AtmosphericBleak
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Plot:
- Anti WarChaos and MayhemDystopiaEnvironmentalismSocietyChaosRescueSurvival more...
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Genres:
- ForeignDocumentaryHistoricalSilent
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Time/Period:
- Gulf War
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Place:
- IraqMiddle EastDesert
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Style:
- Surreal
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Lessons of Darkness, 1992
German, English, Arabic
France, UK, Germany
Profile of Lessons of Darkness
Lessons of Darkness can be described as bleak and atmospheric. The plot revolves around a dystopia, environmentalism, and anti-war themes. The main genres are foreign, documentary, and historical. In terms of style, Lessons of Darkness is surreal and is a silent production. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in the desert. Lessons of Darkness is located in Iraq. It takes place during the Gulf War. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of Lessons of Darkness
LESSONS OF DARKNESS is ostensibly a documentation of Kuwait in the aftermath of the Gulf War, when oil fires were burning up the land and transforming the formerly beautiful countryside into a surreal new landscape. Mostly silent and accompanied by classical music, in a few segments local Kuwaitis bemoan the destructiveness of the fires and the war. Herzog, however, shoots the changed landscape in a way that makes it at once terrifying and beautiful.
Details
| Language: | German, English, Arabic |
| Country: | France, UK, Germany |
| Release date: | 25 October 1995 |
| Runtime: | 50 min |
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