If you have a child interested in the Paleolithic-era, the Ragtime Cinema has a movie for you! Cave of Forgotten Dreams opens on Friday, July 15, 2011 at the Ragtime and is about the Chauvet Cave in southern France. The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and consists of footage filmed inside the cave as well as interviews with various scientists and historians. The film also includes footage of the nearby Pont d'Arc natural bridge.
The Ragtime website says:
In 1994, the archaeologist Jean-Marie Chauvet discovered the earliest known visions of mankind: a stunning collection of over 300 Paleolithic-era works of cave art hidden in Southern France. Many writers and photographers have since attempted to gain access to the famous Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc cave, but because of fear that overexposure — even contact with human breath — would damage the incredible discovery, none were let in. That is, until legendary auteur Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Fitzcarraldo, Encounters at the End of the World, et al.) asked. Naturally. Using lights that emitted no heat, Herzog created The Cave of Forgotten Dreams, a fascinating, as well as breathtaking, experience that has earned raves from many critics. "A typically quixotic documentary in which great unknown artists from 35,000 years ago collaborate with one in 2011. Profound, mysterious and utterly absorbing." (Adam Smith, Empire)
For more information and showtimes: Ragtime Cinema
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