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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | David Douglas |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1992 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Documentary |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 794051801128 |
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Customer Reviews of Fires Of Kuwait (IMAX)
Documentary Treasure This film is a masterpiece. "The fires of Kuwait" takes you on a visual trip which is as beautiful as it is emotional. IMAX have made a great decision by releasing this one on video. But I guess this year is the 10th anniversary of the gulf war, and the time is appropriate for the release. The film is decicated to the bravery of the fire fighters who helped put off the fires. I think the film is awesome, and to me it stands as witness to the calamities of unconventional warfare. Seldom, if not never, do war crimes make such beautiful documentaries. That is probably why most war crimes are forgotten. Because I lived it, I remember that the war in the gulf led to many shattered lives... including but not limited to brave allied soldiers & over 600 innocent Kuwaiti civilians who were randomly rounded up during occupation- still prisoners in Iraq today. This award nominated film is fun as well as educational... I would highly recommend it to Documentary/History buffs, film students, History students, Environmentalists & people whose lives were touched by the gulf war in one way or another: This is the one piece of memorabilia which you should treasure & it is probably the most telling, compelling and by far the best presented.
Disappointed.
I bought this video by mistake. I honestly thought I was buying a "documentary" illustrating the fires in Kuwait in high speed photography (slow motion) that I had seen years ago. What I got was a 39 minute version of John Wayne's 1968 "Hellfighters"-'Behind the scenes'. There is so much detail overlooked, and so much unnecessary commentary, that the photography, and subject, took a back seat. It was designed to be more of a PR vehicle for supporting the Kuwaiti regime, if it had any specific message at all.
The movie I _was_ looking for is "Lessons in Darkness" and blows this Discovery Channel excuse for a documentary away in all categories. I eventually got the right film (ASIN: B000059PPP Director: Werner Herzog).
Do not, repeat NOT, miss Lessons of Darkeness if this film intrigues you. I don't respect Rip Torn any less for his work on this film than I did after seeing Beastmaster, but a buck is a buck.
Content aside, the audio was extremely well mixed for 5.1, especially when 2-way radio traffic was faintly put on the rear effects channels. Video transfer from the IMAX format to DVD was absolutely horrible. Final credits are do bad that many are unintelligible. This was not put together to be visually entertaining, as in LiD.
yikes.
Most visually stunning documentary I have ever seen
I saw this in the IMAX theater and was blown away. I don't know what the reviewer called 'ptrainor' is talking about. He/she seems confused. Being there in the midst of these huge plumes of flame and nighttime darkness at midday is surreal. I've never seen anything like it, even in today's special effects-laden fictional movies. And the ingenuity and raw determination of these firefighting teams is amazing. I agree with the reviewer who said the scene looks like "hell on earth". If you wonder what the end of the world will look like, it probably resembles this. The cool thing is that this 'hell on earth' was conquered by human creativity, bravery and determination. Get this movie and watch it on a big screen with a good sound system. It's been 12 years since I saw it, and I've never forgotten its vivid images.