In 1994, a group of scientists discovered a cave in Southern France perfectly preserved for over 20,000 years and containing the earliest known human paintings. Knowing the cultural significance that the Chauvet Cave holds, the French government immediately cut-off all access to it, save a few archaeologists and paleontologists. But documentary filmmaker, Werner Herzog, has been given limited access, and now we get to go inside examining beautiful artwork created by our ancie... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1994, a group of scientists discovered a cave in Southern France perfectly preserved for over 20,000 years and containing the earliest known human paintings. Knowing the cultural significance that the Chauvet Cave holds, the French government immediately cut-off all access to it, save a few archaeologists and paleontologists. But documentary filmmaker, Werner Herzog, has been given limited access, and now we get to go inside examining beautiful artwork created by our ancient ancestors around 32,000 years ago. He asks questions to various historians and scientists about what these humans would have been like and trying to build a bridge from the past to the present.
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| The SkinnyPhilip ConcannonBy the time the nuclear crocodiles have shown up you'll have long realised that nobody but Werner Herzog could have made Cave of Forgotten Dreams. |
| Shared DarknessBrent SimonHerzog has previously worked as a conjurer of elemental dread and awe, delving into man's relationship with what he views as the unforgiving harshness of the world. This film shows that same sense of questioning has existed for all of humankind. |
| CineVueMatthew MiglioriniWhile Herzog's philosophizing may not be as valid or necessary here as it perhaps has been in a number of prior works such as Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams is unmatched in its enchantment. |
| New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierDirector Werner Herzog's latest cinematic mind trip blows you away with its beauty. |
| MovielineStephanie ZacharekDoesn't bring 3-D to dazzling new heights. Instead, it uses this relatively new technology to burrow a little deeper, both literally and figuratively, into history - into the nature of mankind, even. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawIt could almost be a modern Brit horror, a film that takes us on an eerie descent into an ancient cave to discover something strange, awe-inspiring and scary ... Werner Herzog. |
| Financial TimesNigel Andrews"It is as if the modern human soul awakened here," Herzog narrates in his hushed, insistent, sibylline tones. It is. |
| News of the WorldRobbie Collin"Are we truly the crocodiles who look back into the abyss of time?" asks Herzog. Good question. And after thinking about the answer for a while, I'm gonna have to go with my gut instinct. "Eh?" |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn Johanson[M]ay be the first absolutely essential 3D movie, one that you must see in 3D to appreciate its full potency... |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen...equally intrigued by the prehistoric painters of yesteryear and those who study their work today. |
