Cave of Forgotten Dreams

[Machine Translation] World's Oldest Chauvet Cave Unveiled for the First Time! More than 300 wall paintings in the Chauvet Cave, discovered in southern France in 1994, have been determined to be 32,000 years old, making them the oldest surviving cave paintings in the world. Because of its rarity, the cave was off-limits to all but a few researchers, but for only six days, visitors were allowed to take photographs inside the cave for what would be the first and last time in the world. This documentary film allows viewers to experience the cave as if they were actually in the cave, and to enjoy the rare footage that can only be seen here. The film, directed by Werner Herzog, the master of "Fitzcarraldo" and "Aguirre: The Wrath of God," which won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival, was released in the U.S. in 2011 and became the top-grossing independent documentary film in the U.S. It won three major Critics Association Awards in New York, Los Angeles, and the U.S. The film has been highly acclaimed in both name and reality, winning three major Critics Circle Awards in New York, Los Angeles, and the United States. The Japanese subtitled version is the original narration by director Herzog himself. The Japanese dubbed version is narrated by actor Odagiri Joe. Herzog himself filmed the recording of the music for the film in an old cathedral in the Netherlands. The short film "Ode to the Dawn of Man" is included as a bonus.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: short film "Ode to the Dawn of Man"

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世界最古のショーヴェ洞窟世界初公開! 貴重な考古学ドキュメンタリー。1994年に南仏で発見されたショーヴェ洞窟の300点以上の壁画は、3万2千前のものと判定され、現存する世界最古の洞窟壁画となった。その貴重性から、ごく一部の研究者を除いて立ち入り禁止とされていたが、たった6日間だけ、世界初にして最後なるであろう洞窟内の撮影が許可された。実際に洞窟に入ったかのような映像体験を味わいながら、ここでしか見る事の出来ない貴重な映像が堪能できるドキュメンタリー作品。カンヌ映画祭監督賞を受賞した「フィツカラルド」「アギーレ/神の怒り」の巨匠ヴェルナー・ヘルツォーク監督による本作は、アメリカでは2011年に公開され、インディペンデント配給のドキュメンタリー映画では興行成績NO.1に輝く大ヒットを記録。NY、LA、全米の3大批評家協会賞を獲得するなど、名実ともに高い評価を得ている。日本語字幕版はヘルツォーク監督自身によるオリジナル・ナレーション。日本語吹替版は俳優のオダギリ・ジョーがナレーションを担当。オランダの古い大聖堂で行われた、劇中音楽レコーディング風景をヘルツォーク監督自身が撮影。その貴重な短編映像"Ode to the Dawn of Man"を特典に収録。

短編映像"Ode to the Dawn of Man"