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Jem Cohen's Chain

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Wed 29 June 2005 // 20:00

(Jem Cohen / 2004 / USA / 99 mins / Video / Cert tbc)

Back again, due to popular demand, this full length feature from one of the American underground's most startling and original filmmakers is at once a paen and a requiem to the modern world's love affair with corporate culture. As regional character disappear and corporate culture homogenises our surroundings, it's increasingly hard to tell where you are. In CHAIN, malls, theme parks, hotels and corporate centres worldwide are joined into one monolithic
contemporary superlandscape seen through the eyes of two women caught within it. Cohen contrives to turn the entire planet into a stretch of New Jersey commercial property a universe that feels entirely real yet has the distinct smack of JG Ballard otherness.

Featuring a specially prepared soundtrack by Canadian post-rockers Godspeed! You Black Emperor.