moleculewerks t1_isz851t wrote on October 19, 2022 at 7:50 PM Reply to Lessons of Darkness (1995) - In 1991, retreating Iraqi armies set fire to hundreds of oil wells in Kuwait, creating a hell on earth. Werner Herzog explores this nightmare world, and the people who existed within it. [00:54:12] by _volkerball_ My favorite part of the film is the quote attributed to Blaise Pascal shown at the beginning of the film, “The collapse of the stellar universe will end like creation: in grandiose splendor.” Werner Herzog made it up. Permalink 5
moleculewerks t1_isz851t wrote
Reply to Lessons of Darkness (1995) - In 1991, retreating Iraqi armies set fire to hundreds of oil wells in Kuwait, creating a hell on earth. Werner Herzog explores this nightmare world, and the people who existed within it. [00:54:12] by _volkerball_
My favorite part of the film is the quote attributed to Blaise Pascal shown at the beginning of the film, “The collapse of the stellar universe will end like creation: in grandiose splendor.”
Werner Herzog made it up.