About this episode

The episode features a discussion on Werner Herzog's documentary 'Lessons of Darkness' with film critic Dom Sinacola.

This week, Matt and Corbin are joined by DOM SINACOLA ( Film Critic at The Portland Mercury , The Werner Hertzblog ) to talk about LESSONS OF DARKNESS, Werner Herzog's impressionistic non fiction essay movie about the burning oilfields of Kuwait in the wake of the first Gulf War. Topics include: is this movie responsible? Germany in the post war, Herzog and truth and lies, and other stuff. Honestly it's been a while since we recorded it, so it's possible I'm missing something. Check out the show on Letterboxd if you're into that thing . Matt is also on there . And we got a Bluesky going. Next episode is about "The White Ribbon," which is streaming somewhere, probably.

People in this episode

Hosts: Corbin Smith, Matt Ellis

Guest: Dom Sinacola

Topics covered

• film analysis
• documentary
• post-war Germany
• truth in cinema
• oilfields of Kuwait

Keywords

• Werner Herzog
• Lessons of Darkness
• film critique
• Kuwait
• Gulf War
• documentary film
• truth and lies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Portland Mercury

Books & works: LESSONS OF DARKNESS, The White Ribbon

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