The Arc of Oblivion

7.4

/10

1h 38mDocumentary

"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."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 Mai... Read more

Starring Werner Herzog, Kirsten Johnson

It's a documentary movie, and has a rating of 7.4 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.