Jem Cohen
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Jem Cohen at IFFR
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Sonic Youth: “Do You Believe in Rapture?”
Ode to the legendary rock club CBGB with a flaming performance by Sonic Youth.
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NYC Weights and Measures
The filmmaker made shots of New York streets on 16mm. With a ticker-tape parade for astronaut John Glenn. And without material that was impounded b
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Blessed Are the Dreams of Men
Travel pictures. Anonymous travellers on their way to an unknown destination.
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Building a Broken Mousetrap
Partly on grainy black & white film material and partly in colourful digital, Jem Cohen masterfully records the stamping intensity of the alre
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Amber City
Portrait of a town in Italy in the grey area between the documentary, narrative and experimental genres.
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Blood Orange Sky
Crystal-clear film and video images of everyday life in the large Sicilian town of Catania.
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Smells Like Teen Spirit
At the request of Patti Smith, Jem Cohen made a short film for the release of her version of Smells Like Teen Spirit. Not a music video, but a shor
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New York (Southstreet Seaport / Staten Island Ferry)
Film-maker watches in despair as a traditional harbour is turned into an amusement park. An exploration in video by a celluloid virtuoso.
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Chain
Two women lost in the vastness of global culture. One is a corporate worker sent to research the amusement park industry. The other is an outsider