| Description |
2 DVDs (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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Dolby |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; Widescreen 1.77:1 enhanced (Lektionen in Finsternis); Full-fram presentation (Fata Morgana); Dolby digital mono. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Werner Herzog (Lektionen in Finsternis), Lotte Eisner (Fata Morgana). |
| Credits |
Lektionen in Finsternis: director of photography, Paul Berriff ; editor, Rainer Standke. Fata Morgana: director of photography, Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein ; editor, Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus ; music, Leonard Cohen. |
| Summary |
Lessons of darkness: In the aftermath of the Gulf War, retreating Iraqi soldiers left the oil fields of Kuwait a raging inferno. What resulted was not only a documentary about an environmental catastrophe, but also a powerful, strangely beautiful portrait of a world on fire. Fata Morgana: Herzog brings his cameras to the Sahara desert in order to film mirages. He combines the apocalyptic, often hallucinatory images of the desert with passages from the Mayan creation myth, the Popol Vuh, set to songs of Leonard Cohen. |
| Contents |
Lektionen in Finsternis = Lessons of darkness / produziert von Paul Berriff und Werner Herzog ; Regie, Werner Herzog ; eine co-produktion von Canal+ Frankreich mit Canal+ Spanien in Zusammenarbeit mit ITEL (c1992) (76 min.) -- Fata Morgana = Mirage / Werner Herzog Filmproduktion ; ein Film von Werner Herzog ; (c1969) (54 min.). |
| Note |
Lektionen in Finsternis special features: Production notes; Werner Herzog bio. Fata Morgana special features: Commentary by Werner Herzog, Norman Hill and Crispin Glover; Production notes; Werner Herzog bio. |
| Language |
Lektionen in Finsternis in German or English with English subtitles. Fata Morgana in German or English with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Persian Gulf War, 1991.
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Persian Gulf War (1991) |
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Oil wells -- Fires and fire prevention -- Kuwait.
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Oil wells -- Fires and fire prevention. |
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Kuwait. |
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Oil wells. |
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Fire extinction -- Kuwait.
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Fire extinction. |
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Sahara.
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Sahara. |
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Mirages.
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Mirages. |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Herzog, Werner, 1942-
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Eisner, Lotte H.
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Berriff, Paul.
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Schmidt-Reitwein, Jörg, 1939-
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Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016.
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Studio Canal+.
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Canal+ España (Firm)
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ITEL (Firm)
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Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.
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| Standard No. |
013131154290 |
| Music No. |
DV11542 Anchor Bay Entertainment |
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