Review of Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) by Greg S — 27 Nov 2011

This Werner Herzog documentary is the only place you can see the oldest artwork in the world, the 20,000 year old Cro-Magnon paintings of Chauvet Cave, discovered in 1994 and of such historical importance that only the world's top scientists and archeologists had previously been granted access.

It's both important, and interesting. Originally in 3-D, which must have been awe-inspiring, but the impressive paintings, fossilized cave-bear skulls and stalagmites are still riveting flat. It wouldn't be a Herzog work without the head-scratching epilogue that muses about whether we, too, are albino alligators.