you will be able to tell within the first 30 second of this film whether you want to finish watch it . the film open with image of plane land at an airport and one plane after another diving into a mirage fill runway . you will be able to accurately guess that this movie be not about a story . at first viewing and it even easy to think the opening image be repetitive shot of the same plane . the initial drama be in the acuteness of your perception and which be build on your willingness to experience the film simply a a series of image . if after this opening and you want to see the movie and you will not be bore . you may even be mesmerize . the movie may be an emotional experience while it may be an intellectual experience while it may be both . judging from the dvd commentary and which be essential and it be primarily an emotional experience for herzog and and and at one point and he talk explicitly about how the film be a collaboration between filmmaker and viewer . there plenty of room for the viewer to make of this film exactly what he or she want to make of it . take a gamble .