Shot in documentary style from the perspective of an almost alien observer, the film is an exploration of the ravaged oil fields of post-Gulf War Kuwait. An effective companion to his earlier film Fata Morgana, Herzog again perceives the desert as a landscape with its own voice, as he glides over seas of oil, geyser-like infernos, monstrous smoke plumes and ashen roadways. With musical accompaniment by Wagner, Prokofiev and Pärt to boot, he observes the soot-covered creatures allured by the blaze.
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| Directing | Werner Herzog | Director |
| Writing | Werner Herzog | Writer |
| Production | Werner Herzog | Producer |
| Production | Paul Berriff | Producer |
| Production | Lucki Stipetić | Producer |
| Camera | Paul Berriff | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Rainer Klausmann | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Rainer Standke | Editor |
| Sound | Nainita Desai | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Pearson | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Steve Brooke Smith | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Simon Werry | Aerial Camera |
| Sound | Arvo Pärt | Additional Soundtrack |
