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Werner Herzog has cemented his reputation as one of the most original, unique, and fascinating filmmakers of the last half century. With his uncompromising style, memorable imagery, and flitting between genres with apparent ease, the release of another one of his films has become unmissable in my eyes.

The latest in a series of uniquely styled documentaries—after the haunting Grizzly Man and the unforgettably beautiful Encounters At the End of the World—is Cave of Forgotten Dreams, which takes us deep into the Ancient French Chauvet cave to look at and explore the oldest cave paintings in the world, dating back some 32,000 years.

The subject might be one of those which seems like a stretch to spend en entire feature documentary on, but it is explored in full detail and is made even more fascinating than it otherwise would be on its own. This is helped largely by the presence of Herzog himself, both as we see him exploring the cave in person/on camera and through his incomparable narration, his deadpan Germanic voice making even the smallest or insignificant detail seem wondrous.  Watch English Movie Online

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Werner Herzog has cemented his reputation as one of the most original, unique, and fascinating filmmakers of the last half century. With his uncompromising style, memorable imagery, and flitting between genres with apparent ease, the release of another one of his films has become unmissable in my eyes.

The latest in a series of uniquely styled documentaries—after the haunting Grizzly Man and the unforgettably beautiful Encounters At the End of the World—is Cave of Forgotten Dreams, which takes us deep into the Ancient French Chauvet cave to look at and explore the oldest cave paintings in the world, dating back some 32,000 years.

The subject might be one of those which seems like a stretch to spend en entire feature documentary on, but it is explored in full detail and is made even more fascinating than it otherwise would be on its own. This is helped largely by the presence of Herzog himself, both as we see him exploring the cave in person/on camera and through his incomparable narration, his deadpan Germanic voice making even the smallest or insignificant detail seem wondrous.  Watch English Movie Online

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Werner Herzog has done it again. With his omnivorous eye- which has most recently darted from low budget sci-fi collage, The Wild Blue Yonder, to crazy ursine documentary, Grizzly Man, via Hollywood-produced snake-eating Vietnam drama, Rescue Dawn, to off-beat Aeschylean psychological horror (based on a true story), My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?- the German auteur has selected, for his latest trick, a ritualised pseudo-documentary on Palaeolithic artworks. How could he fail?

Well, let’s take a look at the facts:
1. Werner Herzog, regarded by many as the greatest filmmaker of his generation.
2. The Chauvet Cave, unearthed in 1994, necromantic gallery of the earliest known cave art, up to 32,000 years old, perfectly preserved by an extraordinary combination of geological fortuities, and last beheld by human eyes some five-and-twenty thousand years ago. Guarded fastidiously, since its modern discovery the cave has seen fewer visitors than the summit of Mount Everest.
3. 3D.

What a deliciously profane triumvirate. On the basis the first two: it’s the film Herzog was made to make. Landing on 3, perfection is turned farcically on its lovely head. I laughed when I first heard about it. But The Cave of Forgotten Dreams is not a joke. Nor is it the fourth horseman of the apocalypse. I’ll come to the 3D, but first let’s consider the film and filmmaker. The happy marriage of Herzog and the Chauvet Cave begins rather more in sickness than health. The first problem for its existence was legislative. Herzog was required to become an employee of the French government (for a nominal salary of €1, on which he paid tax) in order to obtain permission to access the cave. Watch Cave of Forgotten Dreams  Movie Online
Next, the hindrance of exacting conservational measures, which necessitated the use of equipment specially designed to reduce the emission of heat, and restricted the number of crew to four to prevent the damaging accumulation of water vapour from breath. With access and equipment sorted, the third inconvenience was merely the hazardous levels of radon and carbon dioxide in the cave, which limited hours of contiguous work to two. And the fourth obstacle – well, fourth obstacle is Herzog’s syncopated imagination, which wouldn’t consent to a straightforward documentary.

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Werner Herzog has done it again. With his omnivorous eye- which has most recently darted from low budget sci-fi collage, The Wild Blue Yonder, to crazy ursine documentary, Grizzly Man, via Hollywood-produced snake-eating Vietnam drama, Rescue Dawn, to off-beat Aeschylean psychological horror (based on a true story), My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?- the German auteur has selected, for his latest trick, a ritualised pseudo-documentary on Palaeolithic artworks. How could he fail?

Well, let’s take a look at the facts:
1. Werner Herzog, regarded by many as the greatest filmmaker of his generation.
2. The Chauvet Cave, unearthed in 1994, necromantic gallery of the earliest known cave art, up to 32,000 years old, perfectly preserved by an extraordinary combination of geological fortuities, and last beheld by human eyes some five-and-twenty thousand years ago. Guarded fastidiously, since its modern discovery the cave has seen fewer visitors than the summit of Mount Everest.
3. 3D.

What a deliciously profane triumvirate. On the basis the first two: it’s the film Herzog was made to make. Landing on 3, perfection is turned farcically on its lovely head. I laughed when I first heard about it. But The Cave of Forgotten Dreams is not a joke. Nor is it the fourth horseman of the apocalypse. I’ll come to the 3D, but first let’s consider the film and filmmaker. The happy marriage of Herzog and the Chauvet Cave begins rather more in sickness than health. The first problem for its existence was legislative. Herzog was required to become an employee of the French government (for a nominal salary of €1, on which he paid tax) in order to obtain permission to access the cave. Watch Cave of Forgotten Dreams  Movie Online
Next, the hindrance of exacting conservational measures, which necessitated the use of equipment specially designed to reduce the emission of heat, and restricted the number of crew to four to prevent the damaging accumulation of water vapour from breath. With access and equipment sorted, the third inconvenience was merely the hazardous levels of radon and carbon dioxide in the cave, which limited hours of contiguous work to two. And the fourth obstacle – well, fourth obstacle is Herzog’s syncopated imagination, which wouldn’t consent to a straightforward documentary.