刑事犯罪检察官的迈克尔·克莱顿(乔治·克鲁尼 George Clooney 饰)曾在纽约法律界风光一时。离职后又在一家大型私人法律事务所谋事。在新老板马蒂·巴彻(西德尼·波拉克 Sydney Pollack 饰)的督促下，开始了清理不良记录的工作中。但工作和个人生活也因此改变：妻子孩子离他而去，债务让他没了以前的光彩。财政状况让他只得继续在工作中煎熬。同时，他又因为公司的肮脏业务而卷入一场价值高达数百万美元的集体诉讼案当中。而正当他利用自己的关系和丰富的办事经验“拨开迷雾”成功解决这场诉讼案时，老板手下的另一个办事员亚瑟·艾登斯(汤姆·威尔金森 Tom Wilkinson 饰)以及女诉讼律师凯伦·克劳德(蒂尔达·斯文顿 Tilda Swinton 饰)等人的一一卷入，使得迈克尔的事业和人生再次面临新一轮严峻的挑战……
Since 1977, Sam Klemke has been recording himself on film, the #selfieavantlalettre. In that same year, NASA launched the Voyager with the Golden Record. Whereas NASA primarily sketches a positive picture of humanity, Klemke's honest self portraits zoom in on the individual. A special film about time, memory and what it means to be human.
‘This year will be my year, it has to be!’ Since 1977, Sam Klemke - a pioneer status updater - has looked back on ‘his year’ using video. With the illusion of progress, he hopes to encourage ‘personal growth and improvement’.
Documentary maker Matthew Bate met Klemke on Facebook and became acquainted with his video 35 Years Back Through Time, a super-cut in which Klemke counts backwards from 2011 to his ambitious teenage self. Intrigued by this obsessive film project, Bate used Klemke's personal archive to create a documentary collage that feels like an intimate road trip, with Klemke providing valuable lessons about time. Along the way, he dismantles the dream of success and happiness. Klemke's self-mockery and honesty give the whole thing a light, breezy feel.
Through this, Bate interweaves NASA’s Golden Record Project which, just like Klemke’s video project, was launched in 1977. This juxtaposition creates a reflection in which Bate sketches the comprehension of time and self-documenting stories as an inherent human need.
