June 1

Fata Morgana

(1970) Literally, a mirage, and Herzog films plenty in this plotless but utterly hypnotic view of the Sahara. "Extraordinary...Three sections: an unpeopled, beautiful wasteland; signs of human wreckage; and the third showing wretched vestiges of life. Totally imaginative." - David Thomson. "Brilliantly original, utterly haunting." - Tony Rayns, Time Out (London).