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| Director: Werner Herzog (2011) |
Considering the vast amount of critical acclaim he garners,
my expectations for my first Werner Herzog documentary was reasonably high.
Matching the supposed calibre of the director was the topic of the film, an
examination of the oldest known cave drawings in the world. While the cave itself-covered with calcium
deposits and glorious paintings- is rather captivating, the rest of the doc
isn’t. The beauty of the caves is soon abandoned for hideously dubbed
scientists. Not that it matters as they mostly talk shit anyways, from one
explaining how he searches for caves by smell (and how he’s president of a wine
club?!) to another playing tunes on a replica flute. The film is stuffed with
boring filler, right down to the 10 minute cave drawing montage we’ve already
seen almost a dozen times. Should’ve been a 30 minute short instead of a full
on film. Avoid.
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