How does Herzog finds such interesting characters? I feel I have written this before. He does it again in this film.
I was a little disturbed. I still can't imagine thousands and thousands of years... and how humans managed to have survived that long. It's mind-blowing how some paintings in this cave were done thousands of years apart and are still well preserved. It's also amazing how it took them so long to discover this cave (fortunately!)
The people Herzog meets are always fascinating, the former circus artist geologist? The perfumer sniffing the cave?! The playing the flute dressed in fur?!
The sound could have been better... the eerie place needed eerier sounds, not so much music, the cave needed a voice and an ambience.
Lots of links:
Details of production and reviews on Herzog's website
Very very interesting interview with Herzog's Bavarian accent talking about Science and Art
The article that made Herzog want to make this documentary
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
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