it was in 3D, which means i obviously didn't read the blurb when booking in for this documentary. ha! i liked this once it got started. there was a little problem with the sound for the first 5-6 minutes, which once the projectionist got sorted the film started over again. anyway, a doco by werner herzog on the chauvet cave in southern france. this cave was only discovered in 1994 and is said to contain the earliest known cave paintings. it's pretty spectacular but i was wondering what the point of the 3D was. perhaps because there's really no chance of the cave being open to the public that by filming it three dimensionally this would be the closest we're going to get to the "reality" of being there.
film 4 - troubadours
i enjoyed this film immensely. yes, i make no qualms in admitting i love music docos - no matter the style, i love music docos. and this one was about the singer-songwriters of the mid 60s to mid 70s, in particular carole king and james taylor, with a little jackson browne, bonnie raitt, joni mitchell thrown in. the title comes from the club on santa monica boulevard in west hollywood, the troubadour, where doug weston created a place for the singer-songwriter. it's still going today, and i remember driving by when i lived there but never visiting.
film 5 - the eye of the storm
for some reason i think i should like it more than i actually did. don't get me wrong, it was a good film, a solid film. great acting, fred schepsi was the director, it looked beautiful and it's australian. but it didn't move me and the mummy character (charlotte rampling) reminded me a little of miss haversham (had she only had two grown selfish children). and maybe patrick white's story was a little edgy in content in the early 70s, but... like i said, i feel i should like it more than i do.
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