Quest for Fire (1981)

Talk about a blast from the past...

This one is pretty far in the past--80,000 years ago, to be precise.
Everyone has primitive languages and they grunt a lot, but somehow we understand what they mean. Fire is what everyone wants but only a few know how to make. The tribe that Naoh, Amoukar and Gaw belong to lose their flame and send the aforementioned three men on a quest to find it again. Along the way they encounter hostile tribes, wild animals, and a young woman who knows the secret of making fire. She even teaches the men how to laugh.

I have to hand it to the actors; they must have been willing to endure bare skin showing, dirt and grime, funky teeth, lots of hair, greasy pelts, and being out in the elements. The only thing that seems a bit out of place is some of the music, which sounds a bit too modern to my ears. Still, the rest of the film is strong enough to overcome this factor.

This is so far superior to the more recent 10KBC movie that I can't even compare them.


June 26, 2008

surprising, and very good

this is an eyeopener. lots of communication and almost no dialogue. rape of women, racism, sexism,and at the same time primal and spiritual, with our instinctive side as animals all represented here. the question is, how much have we really changed as a species? you watch and decide. well worth it! May 24, 2008

most pleased

i was pleasantly pleased with the promptness and the quality of the movie i received. I had never seen this particular movie and i was suprised at how good this movie was being there were no real words. lol May 23, 2008

Quest for Fire

I had seen this movie years ago - funny how age changes us. It wasn't as "dramatic" as I remember it when I was younger, but still a decent movie. May 16, 2008

A "Classic" in all meanings of the word

Quest for Fire was released in 1981 after 5 years of painstaking research and development by Jean Jaques Annaud until then known as a commercially successful director in France. This movie with its wonderfully authentic settings, acting, staging costumes etc loooks as good today as when it was first released compared to the bloated CG of 10000 Bc and the like it feels real and the wide-screen release and sound now available on DVD makes it wonderfully immersive. April 4, 2008

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