Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D
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Editorial
High up on an almost inaccessible cliff face in the stunning French Ardèche is a small metal door. What's behind it is "The Sistine Chapel Of Paleolithic Art"; the Chauvet cave is adorned by amazing, shockingly vivid ancient paintings. Recognising their uniqueness and fragility, the French government closed the site to anyone but a few experts.
During the intervening decade-and-a-half, more people have been to the summit of Everest than have gazed at the paintings. Enter Werner Herzog, who has become the first filmmaker allowed to shoot inside the caves. Restrictions imposed upon him were daunting so, of course, Herzog brought in 3D cameras…
What emerges is an astonishing, mesmerising and, at times unexpectedly moving film, the complexities and difficulties of filming becoming part of the subject. Using only the movement of a camera and two lights, Herzog produces images more other-worldly and affecting than anything in Inception.
For the most part, his use of 3D is among the most appropriate in the format's gimmicky history. Herzog's philosophical musings might be a turn-off to the uninitiated but he does make the provocative point that we moderns can never know what the images mean.
Adam Smith
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