Quest for Fire
QUEST FOR FIRE (LA GUERRE DE
FEU) (PG)
D: Jean-Jacques Annaud
ICC/Cine Trail/Belstar (Michael
Gruskoff)
Canada/France 1981 (released 1982)
100 mins
Adventure/Historical
W: Gérard Brach [based on the novel "La Guerrero Du
Feu" by J. H. Rosny]
DP: Claude Agostini
Ed: Yves Langlois
Mus: Philippe Sarde
Everett McGill (Naoh), Ron Perlman (Amoukar), Rae Dawn
Chong (Ika), Nameer El-Kadi (Gaw)
Well made and scientifically accurate, but also an
incredibly boring adventure about a group of Neanderthals searching for a source for fire following an attack from a rival tribe.
There's absolutely no dialogue in this Stone Age soap
opera, presented as a "Walking With Cavemen" style documentary.
The makeup and costume design are both impressive and
convincing, but the film as a whole amounts to little more than a series of National Geographic photographs.
6/10
