Good History Buried in Art
This is a 90 minute film which, devoid of its art, presents an interesting summary of not only the cave "art" of an absolutely illiterate culture but also the fascinating effect of striking beautiful mineral accretions that resulted during the time that the subject cave was sealed by landslide some tens of thousands years ago. At the time that the illiterate culture made extremely primitive line drawings on the cave walls, which sometimes considered the topology of the cave as if this were some kind of "three dimensional" effect, it was possible to wander all over what would become modern Europe because of thick glaciers that when melted would fill in the English channel with water. Thus, there was some communication between the primitive illiterate cultures as evidenced by their primitive art. The cave "art" lacks any complexity such as precise human features or studies of anatomy. The film is worthwhile for its 30 minutes of science, never mind the awed participant stares.