I'd have to go back and check, but this might be the only time I've seen two different films from the same director at the film festival. The man is Werner Herzog. The first film was 2007's Encounters at the End of the World, about the Antarctic ice floes, and the second is this year's Cave of Forgotten Dreams, about the unbelievable Chauvet cave paintings at Lascaux, France, which are widely believed to be the oldest form of rock art, or any kind of pictorials, ever discovered.
It's absolutely fascinating, these depictions on the cave walls of the earliest animal species, and even some representations of human figures, including a sexualized woman. As the 16th film of the festival, it always presents an unique challenge to A) stay awake and B) enjoy the film. In this case, I was able to B, but almost couldn't A during some of the more expository parts. Especially during the long scene where the woman with the soothing voice took us through the different sections of the cave. It makes me yawn just thinking about it, and not in ennui, but in calm. I'm excited to see it again, and to enjoy it again, and increase my knowledge of this paleontological marvel.
Score: 9/10
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