All the Memory in the World

In this 1956 French documentary, director Alain Resnais and writer Rémo Forlani present a thought-provoking essay on the potential and limits of archived human knowledge, masquerading as a straightforward look at the Bibliothèque nationale de France's cataloguing and preservation processes. The result is a film that both showcases the grandeur of this cultural monument and poses profound questions about the value of dutifully recorded human memory.