The new online exhibition is opening at Manchester’s Anthony Burgess Institute.
Quest for Fire celebrates the film of the samename which is 40 years old this year
Set at the dawn of time, this is the epic story of three courageous warriors from the Ulam tribe of primitive cavepeople whose most precious possession – fire – is stolen by marauding Neanderthals.
Their perilous journey sees them battle treacherous terrain, vicious cannibals, and terrifying creatures like huge mammoths and sabre-toothed tigers. And there is a love story too, as through the magic of language homo sapiens begins to communicate, and so to become truly human.
Burgess’ connection is that he was the creator of the languages of the tribes in the film. Using a combination of sounds and gestures, he developed a complex and nuanced mode of communication that offers a glimpse of the way our distant ancestors might have spoken.
You can find the Exhibition HERE
