Lessons of Darkness (1992)

Lessons of Darkness (German: Lektionen in Finsternis) is a 1992 film by director Werner Herzog.
Shot in documentary style on 16-millimetre film from the perspective of an almost alien observer, the film is an exploration of the ravaged oil fields of post-Gulf War Kuwait, decontextualised and characterised in such a way as to emphasise the terrain's cataclysmic strangeness.
An effective companion to his earlier film Fata Morgana, Herzog again perceives the desert as a landscape with its own voice.
A co-production with Paul Berriff, the film was financed by the television studios Canal+ and Première.

[@formisfunction1861]

The place with the huge, blown up radar dishes and the pieces of dish scattered like confetti; I lived there for 2 months. For over a month I lived in a place where we could see 80 oil fires at night. A beautiful film, shows how it really looked and felt. you can almost smell the oil the fire and the sand

[@thewoogs]

I'm sorry for your people's suffering. Love from Australia.

[@Nick_fb]

I love the calmness of the emotion, even though it is a dark story.

[@Mom_Im_On_TV]

Thanks for uploading this docs! Great channel 👍

[@thepaulhenderson]

Danke, noch mehr Herzog!

[@dedomenici]

Thanks #AdamBuxton!

[@matthewsween]

The use of Mahler at the end is very haunting.

[@elenasopoci6021]

It IS gorgeous and haunting, but it's Schubert Piano Trio in Eb Major, "Notturno" - since the theme is darkness, it's fitting. no?

[@matthewsween]

@@elenasopoci6021 I'm talking about the piece over the end credits, Urlicht from Symphony No. 2

[@_scabs6669]

18:55 - and god led the Israelites through the desert in a pillar of fire

[@hugobarbosa7753]

what are we to undersrstand from the torture tools scene?

[@peirantan2662]

pretty stunning, since I originally thought it was some sort of industrial work tool, then I realized maybe it was agriculture equipment, then maybe it was domestic hand tools... and then the makeshift electric chair comes up and it dawned on me all these tools are for torture. just one simple shot and it kept me engaged from start to end

[@TheManAndBear]

understand how different the shot is from the rest of the film

[@decocatani]

IMHO that scene adds to the comprehension of all the absurd that the war is

[@MsAdlerHolmes]

Think about how it made you feel to go from the wide, sweeping, aesthetic shots of the burning oil fields to *torture room*
Jarring right? For me, it shows the many faces of war, the many ways in which people can cause insurmountable suffering and irreversible damage to a place, a people.

[@sca1737]

Blood follows oil.

[@LinkOStalker]

50:02

[@mnightfamalam1510]

Brilliant scene

[@unlimitedliam21]

why did they re-ignite the fire do you think?

[@juhanjames2653]

Fucking spectacular

[@leroygardner8529]

reported for copyright - jk thankyou boss

[@Jake-hj5di]

Terrible joke

[@leroygardner8529]

i did report it m8@@Jake-hj5di