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

    Get to know Jem Cohen, the unclassifiable independent filmmaker whose work explores art, music, and the cities that shape our lives. In the following interview, Cohen describes how he moves between different formats (Super 8, 16 mm, digital) and modes of filmmaking (documentary, collage, street p...

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