Fresh
It is our tour guide that makes Cave of Forgotten Dreams an often thrilling experience.
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Humanity's Lost Masterpiece... in 3D
2010 · 1h 30m · G
Documentary
Directed by
Werner Herzog
Overview
Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The overall effect, aided by Ernst Reijseger's score of rising choral harmonies and lush strings, is rapturous.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh
To call "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" a great movie isn't just an understatement, it's a wildly inaccurate way to describe an experience that, in its immersive sensory pleasures and climactic journey of discovery, more closely resembles an ecstatic trance.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Fresh
This is something more than a movie; it's a testament - and re-creation - of rapture.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
Art history lessons don't get much better: "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" presents the world's oldest paintings captured by one of film's great visionaries.
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
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