[dewey]

Tangentially related and recommended. Werner Herzog's film that also features longer sections on the fire fighting efforts on the oil fields.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lessons_of_Darkness

[echelon_musk]

For lighter viewing there is Sorcerer (1977) [0] with Roy Scheider.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorcerer_(film)

[dreamcompiler]

Great Tangerine Dream soundtrack too.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

firefighter and tangerine dream fan, eh? we should cross paths ...

[dreamcompiler]

Pretty sure I'm just down the road from you too.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

north-central NM ?

[dreamcompiler]

yep

[mikkupikku]

Not sure I'd call that lighter viewing, but it's a truly excellent movie.

[mtmail]

Video is hosted on archive.org https://archive.org/details/lessons-of-darkness-1992

[nchmy]

Someone just recommended this to me the other day!

I must also recommend the recently-deceased legend Sebastiao Salgado's photos from Kuwait oil fires.

https://publicdelivery.org/sebastiao-salgado-kuwait/

[slybot]

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3674140/

I watched this movie on cinema a decade ago. Highly recommended.

[nchmy]

It is, indeed, a tremendous documentary. He's one of my greatest inspirations.