Rent Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)

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1h 27min
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Synopsis:
Overcoming considerable challenges, Herzog captures the stunning majesty of the Chauvet Cave in southern France, where the world's oldest cave paintings have been discovered. Herzog reveals a breathtaking subterranean world including the 32,000-year-old artworks. With his humorous and engaging narration Herzog reflects on our primal desire to communicate and represent the world around us, evolution and our place within it, and ultimately what it means to be human.
Actors:
Jean Clottes, Julien Monney, , Michel Philippe, Gilles Tosello, Carole Fritz, Dominique Baffier, Valerie Feruglio, Nicholas Conard, Maria Malina, , Maurice Maurin
Directors:
Voiced By:
Charles Fathy
Narrated By:
Werner Herzog, Volker Schlöndorff
Writers:
Werner Herzog
Studio:
Revolver
Genres:
Documentary
Collections:
A Brief History of Archaeology on Screen: Part 2
BBFC:
Release Date:
17/10/2011
Run Time:
87 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Q&A with director Werner Herzog
  • Theatrical trailer
BBFC:
Release Date:
17/10/2011
Run Time:
87 minutes
Languages:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Q&A with director Werner Herzog
  • Theatrical trailer

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Reviews (4) of Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Anyone want to see oldest paintings we know about on planet Earth? - Cave of Forgotten Dreams review by CP Customer

Spoiler Alert
28/10/2011

When it comes to some things I think the content is vastly more important than the technical or artistic merits, and that's certainly the case here. This is exclusive access to the oldest paintings man currently knows about - how could anyone not be intrigued by that?

Herzog admits that they were limited in terms of time, space, technology and even where they could film from and what lights they could use. So this was never going to be a cinematic masterpiece. That said, I think they did a superb job regardless and paid the paintings the appropriate amount of respect, making maximum use of the available light.

Just film of the paintings would have been enough for me, but it's accompanied by some lovely music, interviews with excavators and experts, and tied together with Herzog's very competent narration.

I was really grateful to be able to have such a good look at these paintings - what a rare privelege.

1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.

An awesome cave of fantastic importance - Cave of Forgotten Dreams review by JD

Spoiler Alert
05/02/2012

The extreme age of these sketches is so fantastic you cannot fail to be impressed. Cavemen capable of such lifelike drawings are so far from other non-human apes that I reconsidered their abilities. The film, the interviews and the commentary are dreadful. The modern man apparently more stupid than the caveman.

1 out of 3 members found this review helpful.

A very special experience. - Cave of Forgotten Dreams review by DW

Spoiler Alert
26/06/2018

My first viewing of this was in the cinema when it was first released. The fact that it was first shown in 3-D obviously added an extra dimension, quite literally, and possibly made this initial experience of it more intense and awe-inspiring. Subsequently I have watched it twice, in 2-D, and find it has continued to fascinate as well as educate. A few years ago I visited the caves of Peche Merle in South West France and while they are not quite on the scale of these in the film I found them utterly moving and truly memorable, very much in the way Herzog himself was affected by his experiences here.

I can find little fault in the director's narration. For me he explained clearly the restrictions he and the small crew were under. So restricted, in fact, that what they achieved in regards to the quality of the finished film, allowed the audience a unique sense of privilege so that they could witness, even at second hand, the wonder of the drawings found in the caves. Interviews with those involved with the initial and ongoing explorations were enlightening and augmented all that the cameras recorded.

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