The cave of forgotten dreams

Treva 2022-09-10 13:15:49

Herzog’s documentary filmed in a narrow space also has a dramatic effect. A pilgrimage through French cave paintings 30,000 years ago makes the film more surreal, an artistic style that transcends time and history. The cave metaphor of Plato's Utopia is not necessarily unfounded. We are convinced that the ancestors who first walked down the mountain to build a livable city, but the art of the so-called beginning of civilization is not comparable to primitive rock paintings. Dueling rhinos, vigorous lions, herds of wild horses, bears and wolves, a man full of spirituality accurately outlines the animal form with charcoal, and uses the transition of light and dark tones. The works are lifelike, dynamic, and breathtaking. The shape is not limited to Picasso's familiarity. This is a human handwriting 30,000 years ago. The artist even signed his works with red palmprints. In the Stone Age surrounded by glaciers on all sides, some people huddled deep in the cave, alert and uneasy. However, they have learned to hunt, light fire, drive away the cold and darkness, and create with their dreams. At that time, the stalactites of the cave, the tears of this stone, It has not yet dripped into the towering pillar of salt today. Scientific exploration shows that the French Chauvier cave paintings were completed by different people after thousands of years. Today, people have found the cave of forgotten dreams, but have lost ourselves. The ancients used their talents and spirits in harsh environments. Dialogues, successive creations, and now, we are just occupants and collectors who rely on instruments to override time, watching the beasts of art, including this movie.

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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.

  • Werner Herzog: The artist painted this bison with eight legs, suggesting movement - almost a form of proto-cinema.