Lessons of Darkness
1992 · 54 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 7,070 VOTES · DIR. Werner Herzog
Overview
Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire would be extinguished, Werner Herzog filmed this apocalyptic landscape with its murky skies, scorched earth and capricious flames.
Dialogue Timeline — 15 lines
00:00:05 LESSONS OF DARKNESS
00:00:26 The collapse of the stellar universe Will occur like creation - in grandiose splendor.
00:01:49 A Capital City
00:04:17 The War
00:04:59 After The Battle
00:12:02 Torture Chambers
00:15:14 Satan's National Park
00:19:40 Childhood
00:22:10 And A Smoke Arose Like The Smoke From A Furnace
00:28:38 A Pilgrimage
00:37:44 A Dinosaur's Feast
00:42:30 Protuberances
00:44:11 The Drying Up Of The Wells
00:50:02 Life Without Fire
00:52:10 I Am So Weary Of Sighing, O Lord, Grant That The Night Cometh
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed15
Dialogue density0.3 lines / min
First line00:00:05
Final line00:52:10
Production Record
DirectorWerner Herzog
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes7,070