The Prehistoricity of Cinema: Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams
This article argues that Werner Herzog's 2010 film Cave of Forgotten Dreams both enacts and undermines a desire for origins that was characteristic of 20th century modernist discourse. I argue that the aim of the film is literally to embody the origin of cinema, as figured in the recurring moti...
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| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh University Press
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Film-Philosophy |
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| Online Access: | https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/film.2023.0230 |