Fall 2026 Landscape Film Series: Fever Dream Terrains

Fata Morgana (1971) 1h19m

Partly mystical, partly absurd, this early film by Werner Herzog evokes the chimerical visions of a desert mirage, re-framing and making strange different documentary images of life and decay in the Sahara. Film historian Lotte Eisener reads a Mayan creation myth and unlikely musical choices further twist and confuse our sense of place.
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Before the screening, guest speaker Ryan Tracy, PhD—artist, writer, and scholar—will introduce the film with a presentation titled “Landscape Abstraction: Werner Herzog Against Himself,” followed by a post-screening discussion. Light refreshments provided. Donations appreciated.