Reviews of Cave of Forgotten Dreams 2010
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wenders meanders at times but reijseiger never fails to evoke wonder
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Herzog being Herzog. Who knew you could make a doco about 32,000 year old cave painting this good? I am disappointed I didn't get to see it in 3D though as I am sure it would have added even more to it.
Fantastic, can't recommend it enough... -
Herzog tries desperately to make the viewer understand the importance of the Chauvet cave drawings and succeeds. Through outlandish camera stylings and sound effects (including a heartbeat) Herzog brings to life one of the most odd and exquisite scientific findings in recent history. So cut off from the outside world, this cave has cinder from torches lit 30,000 years ago laying on its floor. That's hard to comprehend. Bear skulls are perfectly preserved. And a portrait of a naked woman…
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Werner Herzog goes on an exclusive holiday into some exclusive ancient caverns. Thankfully he takes a small camera crew and his sense of wonderment with him.
Interesting, if sometimes a bit languid, insight into just how much information, both historical and hypothetical, factual and spiritual, can be drawn from the seemingly smallest of things.
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Usually, this kind of subject matter would be dealt with in television documentaries. Here it is elevated to the big screen - and rightly so!
Herzog shows us a cave in France where one of the oldest human expressions in the form of rock paintings have been found. It's deeply fascinating and leaves so many questions unanswered.
Apart from the postscript I liked what has been done with the limited access Herzog had to the cave, he makes those paintings almost come alive. Well worth seeing! -
Mad old Uncle Werner goes underground to look at cave paintings and ponder on all things existential ... marvelous!
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Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting. What follows is interviews with scientists/custodians of the cave, shots of the inside of the cave and commentary from Herzog.....
Fascinating look at some extraordinary pictorial representations from the dawn of mankind. We descend with Werner and his team into the darkness of the cave, into a world of a time long ago,…
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Outstandingly beautiful.
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Usually, when I watch a documentary on TV on the History Channel(when it still was about history) or National Geographic, the most important aspect of the movie is that the content was covered well. However, with a documentarian such as Werner Herzog, I generally expect more. I expect extensive analysis and meaning in addition to the facts. With "Cave of Forgotten Dreams", although Herzog did a good, though not great job, with documenting a pristine French cave's paleolithic paintings, he…
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Werner Herzog makes a film in 3D about cave paintings. A truly amazing subject made in the unique style (and voiceover) of a true madman.
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Absolutely fascinating. Imagine finding such an amazing thing.
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An appropriate subject matter and approach for Herzog. He's intrigued by the intrusion of technology into the primal setting and his stentorian tones fit the low key,wandering camera allowing the viewer to completely soak in the experience. The most Herzogian wondering happens in the epilogue when the whole thing jumps the rails in a fun, bizarre sort of way.