Werner Herzog in CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS, directed by Werner Herzog. A Sundance Selects Release
The new Werner Herzog 3D film Cave Of Forgotten Dreams documents the most enigmatic ancient drawings ever found, drawn by human hands, on the walls of the Chauvet Cave in France. These 30,000 year-old cave drawings of the first ever human art were discovered in 1994, but since their exposure to the general public, the stale breath of human hordes and the stampede of foot traffic, had caused moulds to appear on the walls of the caves, and subsequently, access has been extremely restricted.
The film explores the first tangible evidence in the human instinct to make art. Hand prints of the artists immortalize the most basic human signature, and suggest a universal longing to be remembered. Some of the etchings were overdrawn with others 5000 years later, which indicates the walls were used for graffiti and art through many later generations of humans, and perhaps these ancient art galleries inspired communal and spiritual gatherings.
