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Lost Book Found (1996)
Directed by Jem Cohen
Documentary · 37m
The result of over five years of Super-8 and 16mm filming on New York City streets, Lost Book Found melds documentary and narrative into a complex meditation on city life. The piece revolves around a mysterious notebook filled with obsessive listings of places, objects, and incidents. These listings serve as the key to a hidden city: a city of unconsidered geographies and layered artifacts—the relics of low-level capitalism and the debris of countless forgotten narratives. The project stems from the filmmaker's first job in New York—working as a pushcart vendor on Canal Street. As usual, Cohen shot in hundreds of locations using unobtrusive equipment and generally without any crew. Influenced by the work of Walter Benjamin.
Crew
- Director
- Jem Cohen
Details
- Release date
- 1996-06-11
- Runtime
- 37m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- United States of America