Werner Herzog on the 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams' - by Scientific American

[@714milky]

This is a spectacular documentary. Seen it about 5 times.

[@katherinetutschek4757]

I don't think we give cavemen enough credit in modern society - these paintings are extremely skillful. I kind of miss a time when the natural world had more power, space, and presence in our minds.

[@exterminans]

"Cavemen"

[@primesspct2]

I think that we have been very presumptive in our thinking of ancient mankind. It is fascinating to see a glimpse of what they saw and just a minute idea of what their world was like. I personally believe mankind hasn't gotten smarter, but more than likely is devolving now. lol. We know that there was technology far beyond what we can do today. The cave just shows an epoch of time, Its all a fascinating mystery!

[@Mrbfgray]

Picasso after just touring this cave: "We have invented nothing." Meaning modern art has nothing on this spectacular work.

[@jromero9795]

We see so many examples of their ingenuity in the material culture they left behind from their art, their tools, and even megalithic structures and that's only the half of it- think of how much more they made that couldn't be preserved. There's a wealth of information of how they lived and the impacts they made on their world that we'll never see, let alone find.

[@Mrbfgray]

@@primesspct2 After millions of yrs of brain size growth, human brains have been shrinking since (I believe) around 10k yrs ago. Size alone doesn't necessarily indicate intelligence but could well be that agriculture had something to do with it. The richness of pre-ag life was likely more demanding of many mental faculties.

[@daryllmroberts7958]

absolutely mesmerizing!!!!!!!--i have not watched this,,but after my chores,,its on my todays-tkyday 24 list!!! 30,000 yrs ago charcoal drawings are just unfathomable,,thanks werner!!!

[@taniaearle4457]

Fantastic documentary, so grateful he did it 😊

[@peaceonearth5742]

Bravo Master Werner Herzog. I dreamt of those caves in my childhood. Beautiful cinema, temple...bear skull and the fertility of the mother Goddess! From a Painter from Bulgaria/America.

[@jeebersjumpincryst]

utterly breathtakingly amazing. what a movie thats gonna be!

[@PO-si4ty]

The man with the voice. Living Legend

[@MrElliotc02]

A really great movie as well as an important document.

[@musicman4635]

Very interesting cast of scientists and others speaking about this unique location on the DVD. I would buy it to complete my Herzog collection but haven't seen it for sale. Unforgettable and insightful moments about this special place in Southern France! Lascaux contains later art....

[@markhand4530]

i have no artistic ability its miraculous from my perspective that people can hold an image of something in their mind and draw it so realistically, incredible!

[@cherrio291]

I am particularly interested because I visited the Lascaux caves (discovered in 1949 by two school boys) in south France 4 years' ago. As Herzog explained, they were closed due to the breath of thousands of visitors causing a mould on the walls, but an exact reproduction of the caves was built along side the original... and can be visited.

[@clairejonas6125]

"Chauvet 2" is the replica of the grotte (cave) Chauvet and is open since 2015... 🤗

[@th0r0dins0n]

he was awesome in Jack Reacher

[@theesperanzacompromisebyja9044]

Never heard of this cave before now.

[@cingle1973]

Speleology is a complicated profession…

[@JamesObertino]

Chauvet mispronounced throughout. The last syllable is pronounced like a long a, not a long e.

[@jeevangiri2919]

its very difficult to find the meaning of arts but arts drawn was really out of imagination inside the cave. Even i was surprise that we can heard our heart beat inside the cave. good to see those historical arts which was drawn 500 years ago.

[@k.c.lejeune6613]

Jeevan Giri 500 years? More like 35.000 years.

[@deinotumiwa7049]

cave hunting is a complicated profession

[@Zegeebwah]

Yes

[@greekphotographer1]

all those french/spanish areas caves were untouch for thousands of years of any floods, etc. Aegean civilization was from 12,000 bC, but those were 3x times earlier, although modern humans in Greece were from 200.000 + (check Petralona cave) etc,

[@daryllmroberts7958]

he was the bad guy in jack reacher,,, prisoner who deserved the bullett---what a master story teller,,,

[@scareycarey21]

i like the accent

[@mattmatty4670]

Cool thanks

[@lindaross783]

Love this documentary. I wonder why they didn't wear masks.

[@yunuskaya1990]

Unutulmuş düşler mağarası kitabından geldim.

[@jackbullock4206]

Bounty hunting is a complicated profession

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

The cro magnons of paleolithic europe had more artistic sense and more refined painting techniques than ancient egyptians of bronze age whose art has no notion of depth at all.

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

They were also producing these amazing artworks in almost darkness. Bear that in mind too.

[@toyanaydin8248]

This is categorically untrue lmfaoo

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

@@toyanaydin8248 Google Lascaux and Altamira caves. You're categorically an ignorant.

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

@@toyanaydin8248 ancient Egyptian art work looks like children's drawings compared to the art cro-magnons left us in Lascaux.

[@thisismyname007]

What's wrong with the narrator's voice? He seems to not be pronouncing any of the final constonants in words. "Last" sounds like "Laugh"

[@allrequiredfields]

Time to get your hearing checked.

[@jeevangiri2919]

its very difficult to find the meaning of arts but arts drawn was really out of imagination inside the cave. Even i was surprise that we can heard our heart beat inside the cave. good to see those historical arts which was drawn 500 years ago.

[@musicman4635]

30,000 years ago Jeevan Girl....Paleolithic period includes Neanderthal and Cro Magnon humans and relics of dinosaurs. Europe was glacial at that time....

[@lalannejeanclaude2892]

Was ... 19 000 years ago ! ! !

[@greekphotographer1]

trolling of the century!!!! 32,000 years and untouched of any water or other jew bullshit !!