Lessons of Darkness (1992)
Directed by Werner Herzog
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.
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(His images of the oil fields burning in the night, while clearly inspired by Werner Herzog’s stunning 1992 documentary “Lessons of Darkness,” have a terrifying and hallucinatory beauty to them.)
Take a look at Werner Herzog’s fascinating docu, “Lessons of Darkness,” about the oil fire fighters in post-Gulf War Kuwait, and you’ll see what a good job “Jarhead” does in its depiction.
We're variously reminded of Greed, Citizen Kane, Days of Heaven, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and even Werner Herzog's oil-fire documentary, Lessons of Darkness — all better movies on similar themes.