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Friday, December 16, 2011
THE TEN BEST FILMS OF 2011
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Cave Of Forgotten Dreams
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Werner Herzog leaning forward, directed the documentary "Cave Of Forgotten
Dreams" (3D).
IFC Films
Werner Herzog, director, writer
1 hour 29 minutes
Rated G for general audiences
(IFC Films)
May 2011
Blu-Ray/DVD (U.S., Canada)
"This cave had been
perfectly sealed for tens of thousands of years."
by
Omar P.L. Moore/PopcornReel.com
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Friday,
December 16, 2011
Werner Herzog had a fine big screen year with two thought-provoking and
fascinating documentaries, and one of them, "Cave Of Forgotten Dreams" did more
with 3D and the enhancement of the format than any other film released in 2011.
This brilliant documentary is what 3D is ideally meant for, and when the format
shines best. We are taken on a tour guide in the Chauvet caves hidden in
the bowels of mountains in southern France and Mr. Herzog narrates with a
wonderment and curiosity that crystallizes the scope and breadth of his and two
other explorers' expedition of caves which are believed to have humankind's
oldest existing pictorial art on them.
Mr. Herzog's film serves as a document that presents ancient history and gives
it a vivid gloss through relatively new technology without tainting or
compromising the authenticity and originality of the caves, a tapestry of
striking imagery in a vast but tightly coiled series of caves. The
director squeezes his way through them and what we see is dreamlike.
"Cave Of Forgotten Dreams" is mystical. We are transported via 3D through
another realm of history and for an all-too-brief 90 minutes I felt as if I was
being slowly tethered in my seat throughout the Chauvet caves on a magic carpet
ride. Mr. Herzog had exclusive access to the caves, and gives us a look at
time and art in a way that is absorbing and marvelous. I got caught up in
Mr. Herzog's infectious zeal for intrepidness, discovery, philosophy and
revelation. This alone -- even more so than the amazing visions his 3D
cameras capture -- was worth the price of admission.
Full written review
here.
NEXT: NUMBER 8
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