The Passage Clock (for Walter Benjamin)

The Passage Clock (for Walter Benjamin)

Directed by Jem Cohen • 2008 • United States

Jem Cohen’s homage to Walter Benjamin and other expat artists blends narration by Patti Smith with footage of Paris’s Bibliothèque nationale, where Benjamin found refuge from fascism in a sanctuary of books.

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The Passage Clock (for Walter Benjamin)
  • The Passage Clock (for Walter Benjamin)
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    The Passage Clock (for Walter Benjamin)

    The Passage Clock (for Walter Benjamin)

    Directed by Jem Cohen • 2008 • United States

    Jem Cohen’s homage to Walter Benjamin and other expat artists blends narration by Patti Smith with footage of Paris’s Bibliothèque nationale, where Benjamin found refuge from fascism in a sanctuary of books.

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  • Jem Cohen Interview
    16:54
    Jem Cohen Interview

    Jem Cohen Interview

    A true hero of DIY cinema, Jem Cohen has been pursuing his own brand of defiantly independent artistry for more than four decades across films of many shapes and sizes, including city symphonies, collaborations with musicians, artist portraits, and semiscripted features. A poetic chronicler of ur...

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