Review of Quest for Fire (1981) by Kenny K — 02 Jan 2011

A laughably poor premise in which a species (us) that has learned to survive in a hostile world still cannot make fire. Yet they already know how to communicate, hunt, nurture children, bind themselves into a cohesive group, fight, use tools, strategize battles and engage in deception against the enemy, make clothing and weapons . . . and yet they cannot make fire?

Think about the level of intelligence required just to survive and then try to convince yourself that making fire is not THE most basic skill any human ever learned (if only to survive a dinner of raw meat.) It inarguably came long before speech, tools, clothing, and culture.

Surely, these are not MY forebears but rather those of the filmmakers.

Great photography, though!