Review of Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) by Geralyn L — 07 May 2011
Boring and arrogant. The content is about a half-hour's worth, and the movie is an hour and a half. I fell asleep twice, so maybe I missed something important. Although I doubt it. Herzog assumes the audience is well versed in ancient art and anthropology and therefore provides virtually no context.
Top-notch documentarians take the time to fully research a subject, distill what's important, and elegantly present experts or at least their opinions. Herzog doesn't want to be bothered in doing such unimaginative work.
He'd rather hear his own voice and musings on the subject. Give me a Ken Burns film any day.
This review of Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) was written by Geralyn L on 07 May 2011.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams has generally received positive reviews.
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