Director
Werner Herzog
Edition 1993
54'
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1992
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War, Documentary
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Dialogue:
Arabic, German
The great and beleaguered German director here creates what he calls a science-fiction film of a visit to another planet on which life has been wiped out by cataclysmic fires and destruction ... The true reality of the film resides in its overpowering, awe-inspiring shots of the burning oil wells of Kuwait. .. These eruptions of a primal, world-shattering force that fill every single shot 'With orgasmic fires and infernal, poisonous smoke are of a demonic virulence that calls into question our existence on earth and portray the true magnitude of the event... (Amos Vogel, Film Comment)
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Credits
Directors
Werner Herzog
Scenario
Werner Herzog
Director of Photography
Paul Berriff, Simon Werry, Reiner Klausman, Steve Brook-Smith, Claudius Kelterborn
Editors
Reiner Standke
Producers
Paul Berriff
Non original music
Edvard Grieg, Gustav Mahler, Arvo Pärt
More info
Dialogue
Arabic, German
Countries of production
Germany, France
Year
1992