This week the Lincoln screens Cave of Forgotten Dreams, the breathtaking new documentary from the incomparable Werner Herzog (Encounter at the End of the World, Grizzley Man).
For over 20,000 years, Chauvet Cave has been completely sealed off by a fallen rock face, its crystal-encrusted interior as large as a football field and strewn with the petrified remains of giant ice age mammals.
In 1994, scientists discovered the caverns, and found hundreds of pristine paintings within, spectacular artwork dating back over 30,000 years (almost twice as old as any previous finds) to a time when Neanderthals still roamed the earth and cave bears, mammoths, and ice age lions were the dominant populations of Europe. Since then, only a handful of specialists have stepped foot in the cave, and the true scope of its contents had largely gone unfelt—until Werner Herzog managed to gain access.
Herzog captures the wonder and beauty of one of the most awe-inspiring sites on earth, all the while musing in his inimitable fashion about its original inhabitants, the birth of art, and the curious people surrounding the caves today.
Reviews:
96% on the Tomatometer
New York Daily News
Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
"Director Werner Herzog's latest cinematic mind trip blows you away with its beauty."
Christian Science Monitor
Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
"These paintings speak to us; they both compress and elongate time. In Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Herzog is reaching for ways to comprehend what he imagines to be the emblems of the birth of the modern soul.
Admission Prices*:
General: $9.00
Seniors, Students and Active Military: $8.00
Members: $7.00
Children 12 and under: $6.00
Bargain Matinee Prices (all shows before 6:00pm)
General: $7.00
Members: $5:00
Children 12 and under: $4.00
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