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Lektionen in Finsternis (Lessons of Darkness)
GERMANY · 1992

Lektionen in Finsternis (Lessons of Darkness)

Werner Herzog
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I learned from Herzog, from films like Lessons of Darkness, that documentary, like fiction, needs to find forms that are poetic, that transform the experience of reality, rather than simply represent it.

Documentary, like fiction, needs to find forms that are poetic, that transform the experience of reality, rather than simply represent it.

— Werner Herzog  ·  MUBI Notebook
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