The Cave of Forgotten Dream

I was surprised about the albino alligators at the end of the Herzog's documentary "Cave if Forgotten Dreams". I felt like that was so random since I don't really understand how he illustrates albinism, Nuclear Power Plants, Cave Painting and the Environment. They seems to be completely irrelevant.

I feel like Herzog manages to convey the audiences very well since he shows the albino alligators and the nuclear power plant. This can persuade the audience that the affect of the nuclear radiation is so dangerous that lead this type of reptiles and other creatures to become like that.

On the other hand, I feel really disturbed by the fact that there was not really any transition before post script and he immediately jumps into the nuclear power problem. Moreover, it seems to me that the albino alligators were not affected by the radiation yet Herzog did make the point. Human has its own evolution and can be genetic mutation yet not always by the nuclear radiation.

The message that I got from this documentary is different from other documentaries buy Herzog. The fact that he shows the human creative arts since 35,000 years ago and the painting which has lots of kinds of animal such as rhino, lion, horse, etc. However, it is interesting to note that there is only one picture of human body. This illustrates that people are really interested in the nature and always tempted to modify it tensionally and intensionally like albino alligator as an example. What is more, it shows how destructive the human is by showing the albino alligator looking through the glasses and tell us how angry it is.

By adding the post script, the documentary would reminds the audiences how we used to love and admire the other spices that share the same planet with us. The post script also make me feel like living in danger because of the nuclear radiation. Not only that but also how human has developed and became so ignorant about other spices and nature as a whole. Human are not only destroying the environment and other creatures but also performing a long-term self-destruction such as the cave painting that we have discovered "The Cave of Forgotten Dream".