Made first for older men 1
Lessons of Darkness's audience scores lean most toward older men at 100 of 100 1. Its overall reach is rated targeted — targeted reach aimed at a specific demographic segment 2. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for White and below it for Black and Middle Eastern 3. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 0 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 4.
- 1Audience scoreolder men 100 of 100 is the top quadrant.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
- 2ReachAudience breadth rated targeted.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
- 3RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 92, Black 35, Middle Eastern 35.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
- 4Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 0 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
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Age: 70 — strongly mature-audience
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Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire would be extinguished, Werner Herzog filmed this apocalyptic landscape with its murky skies, scorched earth and capricious flames.
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Advocacy Over Time in War
The average advocacy score of War titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 3 | 2 |
| 1953 | 0 | 2 |
| 1962 | 0 | 2 |
| 1963 | 0 | 2 |
| 1964 | 0 | 2 |
| 1965 | 0 | 3 |
| 1966 | 0 | 3 |
| 1979 | 5 | 2 |
| 1986 | 3 | 2 |
| 1987 | 0 | 2 |
| 1988 | 7 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 6 | 2 |
| 2001 | 6 | 7 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2 |
| 2006 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 |
| 2019 | 18 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 19 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
| This title (1992) | 0 | 1 |
● This title (1992): advocacy 0 · explore War →
Cast & Crew
Werner Herzog (director) · Rainer Klausmann (director)
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