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.
Directed by Werner Herzog
gulf war
fire
kuwait
oil field
Rank
#9 in 1992·#692 overall
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Cast
Werner Herzog
Self - Narrator (voice)
Crew
Werner Herzog
Director
Werner Herzog
Writer
Rainer Klausmann
Director of Photography
Paul Berriff
Director of Photography
Paul Berriff
Producer
Werner Herzog
Executive Producer
Nainita Desai
Assistant Sound Editor
Arvo Pärt
Additional Soundtrack
Lucki Stipetić
Associate Producer
Popular Reviews
254 reviews
Jules
4.0★ · 03/03/25
Werners work continuously suffers from the lack of narrative behind the interesting aerial shots, for they don't always speak for themselves.
Werners work continuously suffers from the lack of narrative behind the interesting aerial shots, for they don't always speak for themselves.
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niaknyai
Malher !!!
Malher !!!
Garshua
8.0★ · 05/29/26
I’m wrestling with Herzog’s refusal to give context for what is happening.
Is he just being willfully nihilistic and depressive or is there something in the very nature of what is occurring in these images apart from narrative and politics and life itself that needs confronting?
I am leaning toward the former. It’s not a senseless thing that can’t be comprehended. But this film is stunning nonetheless.
I’m wrestling with Herzog’s refusal to give context for what is happening.
Is he just being willfully nihilistic and depressive or is there something in the very nature of what is occurring in these images apart from narrative and politics and life itself that needs confronting?
I am leaning toward the former. It’s not a senseless thing that can’t be comprehended. But this film is stunning nonetheless.
