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Jose 2022-08-15 19:35:19
Cave dreams
The cave is under the close care of the French government, and the public is completely forbidden to enter it. Herzog and the others got special permission from the French Ministry of Culture to enter, but they are also under strict control: they must wear specific clothes and shoes, cannot...
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Janie 2022-08-15 21:29:47
Expansion piece
Structurally speaking, like all Herzog documentaries, it is extremely boring.
This cave was discovered 20 years ago in the Ardèche province in southern France. It must be approved by the French Ministry of Culture to enter the cave. The metal trail is well done, and the natural stalagmites are all...
Jean Clottes
Extended Reading
Cave of Forgotten Dreams quotes
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Werner Herzog: In a forbidden recess of the cave, there's a footprint of an eight-year-old boy next to the footprint of a wolf. Did a hungry wolf stalk the boy? Or did they walk together as friends? Or were their tracks made thousands of years apart? We'll never know.
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Werner Herzog: The artist painted this bison with eight legs, suggesting movement - almost a form of proto-cinema.
