The Arc of Oblivion

Name: The Arc of Oblivion
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2023-02-04
Duration: 1 hr 38 min
Rating: 20
Cast: Werner Herzog, Kirsten Johnson

Movie"What can be saved in a universe that erases its tracks?"

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NR 1 hr 38 minDocumentary

"The Arc of Oblivion" explores a quirk of humankind: in a universe that erases its tracks, we humans are hellbent on leaving a trace. Set against the backdrop of the filmmaker's quixotic quest to build an ark in a field in Maine, the film heads far afield - to salt mines in the Alps, fjords in the Arctic, and ancient libraries in the Sahara - to illuminate the strange world of archives, record-keeping, and memory.

StarringWerner HerzogKirsten Johnson

DirectorIan Cheney

WriterIan Cheney

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