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randall 
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 Posted - 12/18/2011 : 21:21:49
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Werner Herzog's new docu is my favorite of them all. In 1994, some scientific cavers found a spot in France which geology held pristine for at least 20,000 years, probably ten more millennia BP (in that lovely archaeological phrase, "Before Present"). But the paintings on the wall are glorious -- meaning that Stone-Age man had a great creative, or at least replicative, lobe. You'll come out on the side of the former.
Herzog narrates, in his now-familiar, slightly sinister, Germanic accent. But what he shows you is ineluctably profound. I wish I could have seen this one in 3-D, whcih reportedly made the paintings almost tactile. Do not miss this one. |
Edited by - randall on 12/19/2011 21:44:09 |
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demonic 
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Posted - 12/20/2011 : 02:37:47
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| Yes, agreed. Everything Herzog does is never less than interesting, and more often than not stunning. I loved this film - and yes, if you can see it in 3D absolutely do it, because so much of the extraordinary skill of the painters of the caves comes from their use of the curves and dimensions of the cave to produce affects of speed, movement and perspective. Quite something. Very much looking forward to Into the Abyss - Herzog's forthcoming doc about inmates on death row. |
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Cave Of Forgotten Dreams
