Eugen Des Montagnes, Lotte Eisner, James William Gledhill, Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg
The term which has become this film's title, Fata Morgana, refers to mirages, and is an apt title for this storyless, hallucinatory work shot in the deserts of North Africa. It is a rhythmic, musical ...( read more 
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DVD Release Date: July 5, 2005
Stats: 82 reviews
Watched this film then watched it again straight away. I can understand peoples fixation with this film, its dream like qualities are mesmerising but I have to say it?s not my favourite Herzog film. Inspired and an inspiration, this film is a turning point in the history of cinem...( read more)
As part of Herzorgs experimental artistic works it's a visual treat. For anybody not interested in suh things it's a bore. The film has endless tracking shots of desolate landscapes accompanied by a bizarre voice over detailing a fantasy world. Some men discuss animals and so for...( read more)
Birth of mother earth,symbolic apprehension of the important natural events of our globe.Mythology is connected with idealism and future repentance of environmental/constitutional sins.Amazing Herzog,scrutinizing our minds through visual poetry.
A truly wonderful and unique film that will no doubt most appeal to people's dreamlike mindsets. Definitely worth hunting down and watching.
The last of three early masterpieces from Werner Herzog... In fact, when you think about 'Lebenzeichen' (Signs of Life'), 'Even Dwarfs Started Small' and this wonder, Herzog's career has been on something of a downward spiral for the last 40 years!
The film is a hypnotic reflect...( read more)
Herzog week: unclasifiable movie with powerful images and mayan creation myth as extremely loose "argument". Has a strange hypnotic grip
A mesmerizing dream-like film about mirages. Short but strangely engrossing.
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