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Information
- A.k.a.
- Lessons of Darkness
- Year
- 1992
- Runtime
- 54 min.
- Director
- Werner Herzog
- Genres
- War, Documentary
- Rating *
- 8.1
- Votes *
- 3,785
- Checks
- 1,431
- Favs
- 219
- Dislikes
- 11
- Favs/checks
- 15.3% (1:7)
- Favs/dislikes
- 20:1
Top comments
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dombrewer
Wow. An instant favourite. Herzog is always brilliant, but this one is something special. Dealing with apocalyptic images in his own idiosyncratic way - every image is beautiful, bizarre and terrible - he transforms what most film-makers would style as a straight documentary into a mesmeric piece of science fiction. Extraordinary footage, constructed with the artists eye. Easily one of Herzog's best in a career filled with wonders. 12 years 7 months ago -
Kinchski
An Apocalyptic nature documentary, a deep space adventurer's video journal, the transformation of the world into a mythic opera wherein we witness the creation, not of Heaven on Earth, but Hell.
Pretty durn neat! 12 years 9 months ago -
John Milton
I agree, absolutely magnificent. The gorgeous, strangely otherworldly cinematography and music work fantastically together in instilling these images into ones brain. 9/10 and my best older movie discovery of 2015 thus far (followed by Umberto D. and Persepolis). 8 years 7 months ago
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This movie ranks #47 in BFI's 100 Documentary Films
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This movie ranks #47 in Sight & Sound's The Greatest Documentaries of All Time
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This movie ranks #102 in Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Non-Fiction Films
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