☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) -- W. Herzog
Herzog's latest film
is an EVENT movie, requiring attendance at the cinema, otherwise you might
never see the sensitively rendered prehistoric paintings of Chauvet Cave in 3D
(as they must be seen, because you'll never be allowed inside yourself and 2D
just wouldn't do). Although somewhat subdued, Herzog's probing intelligence and
pleasure in absurdity (the master perfumer?) are here and he is occasionally
playful (although not "in your face") in his use of the technology (a
spear, a bird, a bug, a branch, and a man asking us to be quiet protrude from
the screen). Overall, though, the ecstatic truth resounds from the paintings
themselves and what they tell us about us; Herzog's presence is just the icing
on the cake.
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