Hi, this is Dana Stevens, Slate's movie critic, and I'm here with a Slate spoiler special podcast on Cave of Forgotten Dreams, the new Werner-Hertsog, 3D film about cave paintings in France.

Joining me in the Slate studio is Alice Tynan. Hi, Alice.

Hello.

You are a freelance Australian film critic and blogger who has a long acquaintance with Slate podcast.

Alice first appeared on the Slate podcast a couple years ago when you won a long acquaintance with Slate Podcasts. Alice first appeared on a Slate

podcast a couple years ago when you won a listener contest on the Slate Culture Gab Fest.

Talking about my mom going down the Grand Canyon on a mule.

Yes, you told the best conversion story of converting a new listener to the podcast, and nobody

else had a nearly blind mother who descended the Grand Canyon on a mule while listening

to this late culture Gab Fest. You know, you can't write this stuff. And so then as a result,

you came on, I think you did a guest endorsement on the Gab Fest. Then you and I spoiled a movie together.

We did. Get him to the Greek. Get him to the Greek. And you had to stay up until one in the morning

or something, Australia time to do it. It's much, much more sociable being here in person.

Yeah, so yeah, finally we meet in person and we got to see this movie in person a couple nights ago, which was...

So exciting.

So before we get into the spoilage, I just want to hear your overall reaction to Cave of Forgotten Dreams. It blew me away. I completely geeked out on it. I think you and I were just like giddy school

girls by the end of it. I think it's just such an amazing discovery and such an amazing film

because of Herzog. I think he kind of adds another level to what is otherwise a really

important portrayal of this found masterpiece. You're right. I mean, even if there

was a very dry PBS style Talking Heads documentary, I would be glued to the screen. And cave paintings

have for a long time been an obsession of mine. It's one of my probably favorite art forms in the

world. So the fact that Herzog, who is, I think now I could say, one of my favorite living documentary

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