herzog have be make brilliant film since the late 60 and and frankly it a bit of a pain in the arse keep up with such a prolific director . however and if you be a fan of his feature and stagger documentary work and lesson of or in darkness demand your immediate attention . the film be essentially a bird eye view ( often quite literally ) of the plague of oil choke death and fire and chaos and destruction that result from the brief but grotesquely internecine technological blitzkrieg of the gulf war . herzog and of course and take particular interest in the seem madness of the crew of mercernary american firefighter that be put out the oil well fire across the desert . various point on the conflict and it aftermath inevitably bubble to the surface and but arise without overt proselytizing . the image do the majority of the talk . and they be eye pop . startling and frightening visuals that stand out even in the herzog canon great vista of blackness and glow terror that would make any sci fi director soylent green with envy . they be accompany by little else represent brief interstitials and an almost nonexistent and terribly serious herzog narrative and a ghostly and elegiac score . the short interview with individual who suffer be heartbreaking and perhaps all the more so due to their brevity . see this .