some eastern sea that lay heavily in the dawn and attend in it farthest far horizon by titanic wall of smoke and crown by spire of fire and hot gout of burn oil arch in the air . this deceptive sea reflect the sky above make of crude oil . werner herzog mount his camera on a helicopter and take u through the desolate landscape of kuwait oil field yet there no politics involve and no topical gulf war content . these oil fire the result of the scorched earth policy of iraqi military force retreat from kuwait in 1991 after conquer the country but be drive out by coalition military force . in a truly apocalyptic manner and herzog simply invite u to come and see the work of man . recite short passage from the book of the apocalypse a sweeping aerial shot after sweep aerial shot expose a land ravage by war and the earth tar far a the eye can see and a vast steppe of black tend to the rim of the world and the sky char by enormous fire and billow of smoke . this be really a documentary on the apocalypse and on some end to the world and the gulf war a paradigm of all war to end it with . a truly awe inspire spectacle of destruction and abandonment that mirror man insubstantiality when measure up against nature in his own power to destroy it . not a documentary in the traditional sense but mostly a plot less 60 minute expedition in the deep recess of a wartorn desert that let the grandeur of it visuals see it through with kubrickian aplomb . in the end the worker reignite some of the oil well they previously extinguish . herzog mus in his voice over represent now they be content . now they have something to extinguish again .