Friday, February 28, 2025

In grandiose splendor

This is a 1992 documentary film directed by Werner Herzog. Shot in post-Gulf War Kuwait. The imagery of it is devastated and lifeless landscape. Oil fields in flames. It's an apocalyptic vision of destruction in the wake of war. The images are powerful, almost hypnotizing.

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Altar of earth

This documentary about eiders is much more than a bird film. It discusses life in the Finnish archipelago and its well-being from many pers...