Fata Morgana (1971)

Deriving its name from a type of mirage the Werner Herzog film 'Fata Morgana' is a sort of documentary, principally Mayan creation myth read in German against various footage short in North Africa in 1968 and 1969. Really more something that might run in a loop at an art museum then a 'movie' in the traditionally sense. It has a hypnotic quality and some great images. A kind of ancestor to the later and better known Koyaanisqatsi (1982). ***