it would be something to try and tell someone what fata morgana be very simply about . or and maybe it isn not represent herzog go to the sahara desert and nearby village to film assort landscape and the local . but this be just the broad stroke . it a feat that you either surrender yourself to and or you do not . he get into the form of the world around him entirely and without a story and bound only to certain aspect of write poetry and a his camera ( shoot on supposedly discard film stock ) wanders like in a pure travelogue . one might even jump to that easy conclusion and a he put up these immense landscape and then move to more rough civilized culture ( though not the actual normal culture itself ) and and to a point level too abstract to be able to convey properly here . sometimes it take a while to get along and close to a purity through the creation section and but a purity in how part be manipulate either by nature or by broken down machine . soon the narration and reading from the popol vuh ( who and by the way and do the music for most of his film ) and with the gradual procession of actually highly stylized shot add a whole different level to it . it a hybrid film and and it not easy and but the reward be what best come close to herzog idea of ecstatic truth and image he be out for his whole career . one wonder if the image end up and by the time the second section and paradise and lead along the word speak and or if it the other way around . youre eye be move along with the still and pan and and the wording be close to be religious writing and but there also the music choice and how the bizarrely spare sing and low key classical music go together with leonard cohen and blind faith . i think each side end up compliment the other and and it something that still seem like it shouldn not work . perhaps that the draw to it and the chance take in go through desolate wasteland and the small run section of any kind of civilized life ( in this case the shack of the desert ) and that make it so fascinating . if only for the cinematographic sense it a marvel and too indescribable for the casual photography fan because of mold of technique and and some of the strange image of any herzog film . there pan and there long shot and there hand hold while drive by the town and there a bus dozen of mile away that via mirage seem only a couple and there full on close ups of fire and a man hold a reptile and talk about it radar ( truly classic gonzo comedy ) and there people hold still in fake pose and and a man and woman play inane music . but and most importantly and it end up feeling and at least for me and natural for the personal nature of the approach . i be sure only herzog would know for certain why he make this film and a oppose to the simple how while he be already film even dwarfs start small and and he end up go through many peril to finish it . yet this be what make fata morgana such an amazing feat it will appeal to one depend on what someone bring to it in actually watch it . it definitely unsettling and but there the temptation to want to see it again very soon after and just to experience all of the idea and reality turn abstracted strange vibe ( yes and the word vibe applies here ) . it one of the truly spectacular art film ever make .