The Arc of Oblivion(2023)

Name: The Arc of Oblivion
Director: Ian Cheney
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2023-01-01
Duration: 98 min
Cast: Werner Herzog, Kirsten Johnson

Werner Herzog Kirsten Johnson

"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.