▁ar du ous ▁film ing ▁conditions ▁" It ▁forces ▁real ▁life , ▁genu ine ▁life ▁into ▁the ▁film ". ▁During ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁film ing , ▁Herzog ▁himself ▁was ▁thrown ▁into ▁a ▁rat - inf ested ▁j ail ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁be aten , ▁and ▁contract ed ▁the ▁par as it ic ▁blood ▁disease ▁bil har zia . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁initially ▁intended ▁to ▁be ▁presented ▁with ▁a ▁science ▁fiction ▁narr ative , ▁casting ▁the ▁images ▁as ▁land sc apes ▁of ▁a ▁dying ▁planet . ▁This ▁concept ▁was ▁abandoned ▁as ▁soon ▁as ▁film ing ▁began , ▁but ▁was ▁realized ▁in ▁Herzog ' s ▁later ▁films ▁Less ons ▁of ▁Dark ness ▁and ▁The ▁Wild ▁Blue ▁Y onder . ▁Herzog ▁has ▁said ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁that ▁it ▁takes ▁place ▁" on ▁the ▁planet ▁U x mal , ▁which ▁is ▁discovered ▁by ▁cre atures ▁from ▁the ▁And rom eda ▁ne b ula , ▁who ▁make ▁a ▁film ▁report ▁about ▁it ." ▁The ▁images ▁and ▁narr ation ▁are ▁combined ▁with ▁an ▁ec lect ic ▁sound track ▁which ▁features ▁works ▁by ▁Hand el , ▁Moz art ▁and ▁Cou per in , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Bl ind ▁Fa ith , ▁Leonard ▁C ohen ▁and ▁the ▁British ▁Third ▁Ear ▁Band . ▁ ▁Syn opsis ▁The ▁film ▁is ▁partition ed ▁into ▁three ▁parts : ▁Part ▁I ▁- ▁Cre ation , ▁Part ▁II ▁- ▁Parad ise ▁and ▁Part ▁III ▁- ▁The ▁Golden ▁Age . ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁part ▁Cre ation , ▁a ▁version ▁of ▁Pop ol ▁V uh ▁the ▁creation ▁myth