Chain (2004)
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63% of critics liked it
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57% of users liked it
(345 ratings)
As regional character disappears and corporate culture shapes our environment, it's increasingly hard to tell where you are. In Chain, malls, theme parks, hotels and highways across the globe are joined into one "superlandscape." Two characters appear: one is a businessperson sent out… More As regional character disappears and corporate culture shapes our environment, it's increasingly hard to tell where you are. In Chain, malls, theme parks, hotels and highways across the globe are joined into one "superlandscape." Two characters appear: one is a businessperson sent out to study theme park prospects; the other is a young drifter, surviving on the fringes of a mall. The feature film mixes documentary and narrative to tell their stories. -- © Antidote Films
- Directed By
- Jem Cohen
- Written By
- Jem Cohen
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama, Special Interest
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 14, 2005 Limited
- Studio
- Gravity Hill Films
Critic Reviews
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Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
What might have been highly effective as a nonfiction short is extended way beyond its dramatic possibilities, and the narrative structure Cohen has devised adds little to the overall effect.
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Eddie Cockrell, Variety
A hypnotically involving film based on the genuinely novel idea of stitching together shots taken over a six-year period in 11 American states and six countries.
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
Jem Cohen's visually haunting film deliberately blurs the lines between fiction, documentary and cinematic essay.
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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
It's still thought-provoking, but not quite as profound as it pretends to be.
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Ed Halter, Village Voice
A dreamlike travelogue that transforms a mundane world into something strange and new.
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