The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin
2008, English. Directed by Jem Cohen.
An homage to Walter Benjamin and other time-traveling artists and expatriates that have inspired me, especially Chris Marker. Benjamin, fleeing from fascism in the 1930s, took refuge in Paris where Biblioteque Nacional became his home away from home. In this library, a sanctuary made of books, he eventually left a secret copy of much of what remains of his Arcades Project, Das Passagen-Werk. Much of the narration for the film came from a chance operation or literary cut-up exercise done with Patti Smith, using dictionary definitions of the word "passage" which I later edited and augmented with text of my own. --Jem Cohen
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The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin is streaming on Criterion Channel in India.
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- 31 December 2008
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The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin (2008) was directed by Jem Cohen and stars Patti Smith.