Fata Morgana (1971)
Footage shot in and around the Sahara Desert, accompanied only by a spoken creation myth and the songs of Leonard Cohen. (imdb)
Genre: Documentary
AKA: Mirage
Country: West Germany
Directed By: Werner Herzog
Written By: Werner Herzog
Starring: Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg, Eugen Des Montagnes, Lotte Eisner, James William Gledhill
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Even the opening few minutes of airplane after airplane landing is mesmerising. This is a story of creation as told in/through the Sahara Desert. It's Biblical, filled with unforgettable imagery (a man with an iguana ; a child with a fox) accompanied by the tunes of Leonard Cohen and a captivating musical interlude of muted drums and piano. The narration by Lotte Eisner is perfect as are the long tracking shots from Herzog's car. A landmark documentary (of sorts).
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it is only what the description says
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That third act concert though.
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| Aug 24, 2018 | dracular | 45 40% |
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| Aug 07, 2018 | filmbantha | 40 4% |
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| Jul 16, 2018 |  |
peekingpanda | 55 64% |
| Jul 02, 2018 |  |
moraesfelipe | 70 72% |
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Half poetic creation myth, half Leonard Cohen's songs inspiring haunting, beautiful images. Herzog provides all sorts of symbols, from dead animals to random people, from landscapes to images of German people talking nonsense shit and a musician couple, to convey a powerful narrative about nature, its inhabitants and our way to see things through the lens of cinema, poetry and music.
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| Jun 02, 2018 |  |
nickv | 59 30% |
| May 07, 2018 | Siegel Hans | 70 57% |
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mannaz230 | 34 18% |
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dormice | 75 56% |
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Yiannos | 50 26% |
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F.M was a landmark film for Herzog. It established many of the traits and themes that would come to define his work: his fascination with rugged landscapes and strange animals; his affinity for oddballs with unique talents living in extreme conditions; his use of defamiliarisation as an immersive tool, and his concern for mankind's destruction of the environment. There are some arresting images, but it's frequently aimless and plodding, and his trademark narration is sorely missed.
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| Oct 25, 2017 | Niaiur | 84 92% |
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DaxV | 80 60% |
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Darkling | 65 52% |
| Jul 04, 2016 | MrWhiplash | 100 88% |
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| Jul 03, 2016 | WulfstanLee | 80 73% |
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Beautiful shots and great music. Was Herzog correct in not guiding the viewer so little?
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FrancoGonzo | 17 92% |
| Apr 25, 2016 | thirdeye42 | 66 15% |
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| Apr 17, 2016 | connorjpa | 79 15% |
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| Mar 16, 2016 | nreimer | 3 0% |
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| Feb 17, 2016 |  |
IeuanDP | 70 58% |
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Herzog aims to film mirages and the Saharan landscapes that uphold them. There's some poignant vérité footage of rural desolation, refracting desert horizons and decay, but his attempt to edit this into an ambiguous cinematic experience falls a bit flat.
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| Feb 16, 2016 |  |
hotsake | 15 2% |
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15 points for 5 minutes of beautiful images in this otherwise dull pile of shit.
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| Jan 24, 2016 |  |
snallygaster | 38 31% |
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I liked the opening repeated clips of airplanes landing, and the music was pleasant throughout. Apart from that, I can only say "k."
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| Jan 18, 2016 | MiasmaGandhi | 100 0% |
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| Jan 02, 2016 | exitexitquit | 10 10% |
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GrimsChild | 30 15% |
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CCLZA | 70 51% |
| Jul 31, 2015 |  |
wetwillies | 85 57% |
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Werner Herzog's stated goal with this was to film mirages and, well, he somehow succeeded. A hypnotic and contemplative travelogue that creates a deeply unsettling tension within its endless expanse of sand. The beautiful use of Leonard Cohen is particularly fascinating, as Herzog doesn't strike as the kind of filmmaker who concerns himself with popular music all that often.
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| Jul 19, 2015 | RugersMan | 70 51% |
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| Jul 07, 2015 |  |
BillyShears | 70 53% |
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You'll soon start seeing mirages of the end credits.
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gulahgula | 75 44% |
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Phil Clowns | 60 20% |
| Jun 09, 2015 | shanno | 50 31% |
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gargantua | 77 75% |
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Hallogallo | 7 41% |
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backwardsuit | 90 97% |
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Truly unique film. Maybe I saw it at the right age or something (I was 16 and just starting to get interested in cinema) but I'm still haunted by this. I will never forget some of the images.
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| Oct 08, 2014 | elimpe | 66 37% |
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One big "fuck you" to direct cinema. And to mankind.
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EchoWilder | 91 58% |
| Dec 11, 2012 |  |
TrixRabbi | 77 54% |
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Not something that's good to watch when you're utterly exhausted, but hypnotic nonetheless. The soundtrack is incredible, from Leonard Cohen to... whatever that concert was.
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| Sep 27, 2012 |  |
chadisdanger | 65 15% |
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Interesting to look at, but not great until it comes to the brothel band sequence.
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Herzog turns a documentary about a trip to Cameroon into an exploration and deconstruction of the creation myth. Almost a science fiction movie about life on Earth, it drags a bit and tends towards the pathetic at one or two points, but then the final part (which is almost Meaning of Life-ishly satirical) ties it together very nicely. Herzog's starting to find his feet here.
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Anomaly | 62 32% |
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Brilliant images and some great music, but the whole is less than the sum of its parts - it's boring and it drags for most of the run time. There are a few nice moments of Herzogian weirdness in here, though, so it's not a total waste.
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| Feb 07, 2011 | Bavafreak | 75 49% |
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| Jan 29, 2011 | dotCommunism | 80 61% |
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Nroo | 70 44% |
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maxmellman | 80 26% |
| Sep 21, 2010 | ponzan | 97 98% |
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| Aug 24, 2010 |  |
graveyardtan | 80 57% |
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The landscape is not an allegory. There is nothing beyond its beauty.
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| Aug 24, 2010 | Kunstable R. | 80 80% |
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| Aug 20, 2010 | O_o | 88 76% |
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| Aug 14, 2010 |  |
IMDb-byvotes | 70 50% |
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jodamico | 74 39% |
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| May 15, 2010 | m4th3u5 | 98 95% |
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caiman | 74 46% |
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What is Herzog trying to say here? I really have no idea. I was left with a real sense of "what's the point?" But I did appreciate the beautiful scenery, as well as some of the utter weirdness. It's a flavor of weirdness I've seen only in Herzog movies. The boy with the fox, the guy talking about lizards, the goofy guy with the sea turtle, and of course the most peculiar musical duo I've ever witnessed. These things are purely Herzog, and they alone made watching this movie worthwhile.
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| Apr 02, 2010 |  |
Prof. Sebby | 30 5% |
| Mar 13, 2010 |  |
djross | 35 18% |
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Contains some remarkable imagery.
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jgreenwood | 30 6% |
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gabaguillar | 90 72% |
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vsls | 80 80% |
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| Nov 20, 2009 |  |
Gui | 62 48% |
| Nov 20, 2009 | Doo | 100 90% |
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| Nov 10, 2009 |  |
Nathan S | 3 46% |
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A spectacle of images and music, but it's not quite enough to sustain feature length. I disliked the narration, and it seemed a little bit ambiguous and pointless. But damn is there some great footage.
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| Nov 02, 2009 | pilotpirx | 80 73% |
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jeanlucgodot | 75 32% |
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| Sep 09, 2009 | negative | 3 0% |
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| Aug 29, 2009 | PinkyRose | 83 44% |
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NilbogSavant | 90 88% |
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jef costello | 45 4% |
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CHOICECOD | 70 31% |
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chrisssslim | 60 26% |
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Johnny Case | 65 56% |
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viniciusjn | 90 81% |
| Mar 26, 2009 | comanchex | 86 80% |
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| Mar 22, 2009 | bananas | 40 27% |
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| Mar 02, 2009 | Sebastian | 34 4% |
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| Feb 18, 2009 |  |
RadioFreeLee | 91 90% |
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velocipedist | 80 85% |
| Jan 03, 2009 | TJ Ximenez | 90 62% |
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| Dec 16, 2008 |  |
joseywales | 80 86% |
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Yes it's slow and captivating but it's like that to match the way of life seen through Herzog's lens. I could have done with less of the creation myth and more of Leonard Cohen.
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| Dec 07, 2008 |  |
filmaffinity | 70 81% |
| Nov 14, 2008 |  |
aurora | 93 97% |
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