Lost Book Found

1996 37m ★6.6

Lost Book Found

This movie is "Lost Book Found" and story line : 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.

Release Date June 11, 1996
Runtime 37m
Language English
Director Jem Cohen
Category Documentary
Rating 6.6 / 10 (TMDb)
Year 1996
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