Watched it last night. I'd pass on it if you have other things to do. It just sort of feels like he captured incredible footage of the Iraqi oil fires that he didn't know what to do with. The footage is amazing, but he sort of laid this sci-fi narrative over it.

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Oooohhhh... let me know what you think.

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Arriving next from netflix: Lessons of Darkness.

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>> ^schmawy:
I love these.


Me too, I love Herzog films. Been working my way through his filmography recently... Fitzcarraldo (a masterpiece), Little Dieter Needs to Fly, The White Diamond, Grizzly Man (superb), Rescue Dawn and last night saw Burden of Dreams- a documentary about the making of Fitzcarraldo. This series of Children's book narrations is really close to the mark.

Oooohhhh... let me know what you think.

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Arriving next from netflix: Lessons of Darkness.

In reply to this comment by therealblankman:
>> ^schmawy:
I love these.


Me too, I love Herzog films. Been working my way through his filmography recently... Fitzcarraldo (a masterpiece), Little Dieter Needs to Fly, The White Diamond, Grizzly Man (superb), Rescue Dawn and last night saw Burden of Dreams- a documentary about the making of Fitzcarraldo. This series of Children's book narrations is really close to the mark.

Arriving next from netflix: Lessons of Darkness.

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>> ^schmawy:
I love these.


Me too, I love Herzog films. Been working my way through his filmography recently... Fitzcarraldo (a masterpiece), Little Dieter Needs to Fly, The White Diamond, Grizzly Man (superb), Rescue Dawn and last night saw Burden of Dreams- a documentary about the making of Fitzcarraldo. This series of Children's book narrations is really close to the mark.

And, I'm on a Herzog kick today.

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Darn tootin'!


not that I drink it meself

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I owe you one for slandering Canadian Whiskey.

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Thanks for the promo!

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*promote

Darn tootin'!


not that I drink it meself

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I owe you one for slandering Canadian Whiskey.

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Thanks for the promo!

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*promote

I owe you one for slandering Canadian Whiskey.

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Thanks for the promo!

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*promote

>> ^schmawy:
promote


Ta schmaws!

interesting
but unapplicable title i think
a conventional explosive would probably be useless here.. it would just turn the rock to mush and would leave the possibility of making the problem worse
while a nuclear detonation will force the rock to compress around the detonation bubble
also, getting a comparable conventional payload to that location would be highly impractical

i'm not any expert on oil/gas issues though
the iraqis set the oilfields on fire as they retreated so there might be some good documentaries about that
werner herzog did a beautiful documentary about the oil fires of kuwait in 1992; Lessons of Darkness

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Lessons Of Darkness

Looks like Herzog's film, "Lessons of Darkness" (1995). Worth seeing if you like this.

That was simply a recommendation of mine, none of the movies have anything to do with each other really.

Lessons In Darkness is different in that Herzog uses the imagery to construct his own view and understanding with regards to the Gulf War. I found the mixture of classical music, striking visual photography of oil spread over a desolate land with his incidental commentary very moving.

Baraka is also a favorite of mine. Though I hope Ron Fricke finishes Samsara sometime soon as well as the script is wonderful.

No, they're not schmawy. I'm wondering myself what this has to do with Koyaanisqatsi (or any part of the Qatsi trilogy) and Baraka. Admittedly, I haven't seen Lessons of Darkness, but it seems to come with a somewhat pretentious and judgmental attitude not present in the others.

Koyaanisqatsi ("Life Out of Balance") is a film by Godfrey Reggio that examines our manufactured world and how we are a part it. Baraka was directed by Ron Fricke, the cinematographer for Koyaanisqatsi. 'A celebration of humanity' is about the only description I can come up with. It shows us in all our grandeur and ugliness and passes no judgement. I still consider it one of the best films ever made. (The "meanings" of the films are my own interpretations and feelings about them, and not meant to be attributed to their respective creators.)

The Qatsi Trilogy website
Ron Fricke entry at wiki

Watch the troika of Koyanniqasti, Lessons Of Darkness then Baraka.

"Everything you see that looks like water is actually oil. The oil is trying to hide itself by pretending to be water"

- Werner Herzog, 'Lessons of Darkness'