Lessons of Darkness – Werner Herzog 1992

This is a magnificent work by Werner Herzog about the aftermaths of the most stupid thing ever invented by men: the war. This film is a mixture of documentary and sci-fi with footage of real post-war scenarios on the kuwait desert, although the film never mentions any relevant political or geographical information.

The music included in this film is a excellent selection on classical pieces from big symphonies and operas and it plays a fundamental role in the film. It transforms a real life post apocalyptic scenario into a powerful and strangely cautivating visual symphony with in-location sound recordings as interludes along with werner’s own voice narrations and interviews.

This is a fragment of the film, the music is Wagner’s Sigefried’s funeral march:

Sountrack

• Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (Death of Aase)
• Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 2
• Arvo Pärt – Stabat Mater
• Sergei Prokofiev – Sonata No. 2 Op.56
• Franz Schubert – Notturno op. 148
• Giuseppe Verdi – Messa da Requiem – Recordare (begins at minute 37:24)
• Richard Wagner – Das Rheingold
• Richard Wagner – Parsifal
• Richard Wagner – Götterdämmerung

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