Chain
Experimental filmmaker Jem Cohen blurs the lines between fact and fiction in this pointed observation of the homogenising effect global corporate strategies have on local lives, cultures and especially the built environment all over the world. Juxtaposing two ostensibly different yet intimately interconnected women - well-paid Japanese Tamiko looking for commercial property opportunities in the US, and teenage run-away American Amanda eking out a desperate existence on the margins of society - Chain gently reminds us to see, think and act before it's too late.
Reviews
“Both hypnotic and politically alert, Chain finds something melancholically poetic in the least inviting of milieux.”
Jonathan Romney, The Independent
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When
5:30 PM Thursday, 24 February
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Mercury Cinema
12:00 PM Tuesday, 1 March
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Mercury Cinema
Ticket Price
Full price $14
Industry $12
SPU Concession $10
As Part Of
Architecture + FilmAbout Chain
99 minutesDigital Betacam
4:3
In English
Print Source
Antidote International Films
James Debbs
james@antidotefilms.com
Festivals
Berlin 2004Edinburgh 2004
Vancouver 2004
Leeds 2004
Vienna 2004
About the Director
Jem Cohen
Jem Cohen is an award winning filmmaker based in New York. Cohen's films are haunting, hypnotic and utterly unique. He often works with musicians - REM, Fugazi, Godspeed You Black Emperor - and there's something musical about the flow of imagery in his breath-taking feature Benjamin Smoke and shorts, which mix documentary with experimental narrative techniques. His influences include punk rock, Outsider Art and philosopher Walter Benjamin. Cohen has made two feature length documentaries, as well as numerous video art pieces and his work has been shown on PBS, BBC, Planete and the Sundance Channel.
Filmography
Chain (2004)Benjamin Smoke (2000)
Amber City (1999)
Blood Orange Sky (1999)
Little Flags (1999)
Instrument (1998)
Lucky Three an Elliott Smith Portrait (1997)
Lost Book Found (1996)
R.E.M. Parallel (1995)
Buried in Light (1994)
Black Hole Radio (1992)
Drink Deep (1992)
Just Hold Still (1989)
This Is a History of New York (1987)
A Road In Florida (1983)
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