The Arc of Oblivion

Name: The Arc of Oblivion
Genre: Documentary
Released: January 16, 2024
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 89

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Abramorama | Release Date: January 16, 2024 | Not Rated

Summary: 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 –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. Playfully weaving stop-motion animation, spellbinding cinematography and fascinating interviews from the director's inner circle and experts in the fields of science, culture and art – including documentarians Werner Herzog and Kirsten Johnson – The Arc of Oblivion reveals how nature inspires the human drive behind filmmaking.… Expand

Director: Ian Cheney

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Feb 19, 2024

This is a thoroughly stimulating movie. Read full review

Alissa Wilkinson

Feb 15, 2024

The Arc of Oblivion is a documentary, which means it captures something about life right now, archiving it for the future. But Cheney is also exploring the meaning of archiving itself. Read full review

Rob Rector

Feb 15, 2024

The documentary is a deeply meditative look at what it means to truly live with purpose and meaning. Read full review

Neil Young

Feb 15, 2024

A likeably offbeat and disarmingly self-aware documentary essay on how humans deal with the immutable transience of the universe, Ian Cheney’s globetrotting Arc Of Oblivion should leave a trace in the minds of receptive viewers. Read full review

The Film Stage John Fink

Feb 15, 2024

While any passage itself could make a compelling short, it’s largely held together by the curiosity of its maker and the tangents of interest to him as a family man of a certain age when friends, family, and those close to us start slowly fading away at a quicker pace. Read full review

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