This is not a documentary so much as it is a collection of actual footage set to (license-free, classical) music. I imagine in 1992 audiences saw messages about industrialized society in ways they approved of, but society didn't change as a result of the Gulf War or of the environmental disaster afterward. History has trivialized everything about the 1991 Gulf War (in which I was a participant, FYI). However, this film captures the hard work of American volunteer specialists who helped bring the oil fires to an end. Those men were heroes, and this film shows that well. I'm a fan of Herzog, but this one has not withstood the test of time. It will never be worth re-watching.