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Cave Of Forgotten Dreams Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: A stunning 6K restoration and upgrade of CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS, Werner Herzog's beloved 3D documentary explores the highly restricted Chauvet Cave - home to some of the earliest known human artwork. The restored film will open in theaters 15 years after the original release on April 24th, with special IMAX Presentations nationwide on April 15 and April 19.

Sealed naturally for over 30,000 years, the Chauvet Cave and its ancient paintings remain in extraordinary condition. So rare is access to the site that, at the time Herzog began filming, fewer people had entered the cave than had set foot on the moon. Granted unprecedented permission by the French government, Herzog and a skeletal crew of just four individuals filmed under strict conditions, using custom-built digital cameras small enough to meet preservation requirements. The result was an extraordinary visual record of the cave’s otherworldly beauty—its crystalline formations and remarkably preserved traces of early human expression.

Written, Directed, and Narrated by Werner Herzog
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Transcript
00:02Silence please, please don't move.
00:07We're going to listen to the silence in the cave
00:09and perhaps we can even hear our own heartbeats.
00:18We enter Shobi Cave,
00:22aware that this may be the only and last opportunity to film inside.
00:27So it's five past three. We have one hour.
00:34One of the greatest discoveries in the history of human culture.
00:40This is one of the rare times anyone is allowed inside the cave.
00:49Will we ever be able to understand the vision of the artists across such an abyss of time?
01:00Is this their heartbeat or ours?
01:04Yes.
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