Still from the film Lektionen in Finsternis,Werner Herzog.
Screening
Lektionen in Finsternis
Werner Herzog
January 24 – February 7 2025
Free admission upon registration
Lektionen in Finsternis (Apocalypse in the Desert) is one of Werner Herzog’s most developed and ambitious documentaries from a metalinguistic perspective. Presented at the 1992 Berlin Film Festival, the film showcased images of the concurrent Gulf War, adopting a particularly aerial and disorienting perspective. Herzog focuses on the oil wells set ablaze by retreating Iraqi troops. The voice-overs take on an almost alien perspective over the images that unfold across the film’s 50-minute runtime, completely devoid of rhetoric, whether militaristic or pacifist. It is as if detached extraterrestrial observers were scrutinizing the misfortunes of humanity.
The screening is part of the program Werner Herzog and the four natural elements, which accompanies the exhibition Il Nostro Tempo, CinéFondationCartier.
Info
Duration: 54'
Language: German with Italian subtitles
Entrance to the screening does not include a visit to the exhibition Il Nostro Tempo, CinéFondationCartier, which can be accessed with a valid ticket.
Credits
Production year: 1992
Director: Werner Herzog
Production: Canal+, ITEL, Premiere Medien
Country: Germany
The screening is part of the public program accompanying the exhibition Il Nostro Tempo, CinéFondationCartier, presented as part of the cultural partnership with Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. The program of film screenings and meetings is co-curated by Triennale Milano and Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain together with the Piccolo America-Cinema Troisi Foundation.
Calendar
Friday, January 24 2025, 6.30pm
Sunday, February 2 2025, 6.30pm
Friday, February 7 2025, 6.30pm
