Cave of Forgotten Dreams

[oldboy]

"Cave of Forgotten Dreams" (2010) For those interested, this film is being shown tonight on "Film4" at five minutes past midnight  (1 hour 50 minutes) - worth recording if you are asleep then!

"Since the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc cave in the French Ardeche was found in 1994 access has been restricted to protect the stunning Paleolithic art on the walls.  Warner Herzog is the first film maker to document it."

 

[Tony_B]

Many thanks. It's now waiting on the Sky+ until my wife has caught up with back episodes of Downton Abbey.

Saw it in the cinema when it came out, but worth watching again so thanks for the tip. 

 

[Bottlebank]

Watched it last night, enjoyed it, although it could have been half an hour shorter. Makes you wonder how much we miss by not looking properly, or knowing what to look for, especially in Spain.

 

[hyweldavies]

Having excitedly gone to see it in the cinema, i have to say i found it a tedious bore, despite being to an extend  an admirer of the director, and obviously very interested in the subject. In fairness, getting a 3d-created headache 5 mins in didn't help, so it might be merely dull on Tv if the 3d was removed.

Fitzcaraldo or Aguire wrath of god it ain't !
Nor does it remotely compare with Sid P's stuff from the 70's

 

[Alex]

Aye only watched half of it in the end as I fell asleep, not sure if it was due to the late hour or that it bored me, though the photo's were interesting they could have shown more it seemed to be the same stuff.

 

[graham]

...though the photo's were interesting they could have shown more it seemed to be the same stuff.

That's 'cos it was the same stuff. Chauvet has been fitted with a narrow steel walkway to protect and preserve the cave floor. Now it is in place, no-one, not even Herzog and his team are allowed off it. Naturally it makes for difficult filming, but it does give an indication of the care that the French take with their most important sites, now.

You wear their boots, their helmets & their coveralls. You stay on the steel walkway at all times. It's a wholly remarkable experience, but then it is an astounding cave.