Lost book found
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The result of over five years of Super-8 and 16mm filming on New York City streets. Lost Book Found combines documentary and narrative approaches into a complex meditation on city life. Influenced by the work of Walter Benjamin, Cohen said "I found connections between the street vendor, Benjamin's 'flaneur', and my own work as an observer and collector of ephemeral street life."
Credits
Art Institute of Chicago. Video Data Bank; Cohen (jem)
Complete catalog record
Original source: Shot entirely on New York City streets. | Originally produced in 1996. | Narrators, Todd Colby and Monroe D. Cohen ; assistant editor, Kay Hines ; online editor, Jeff Stabenau.
Release: Chicago, IL : NY : Video Data Bank [distributor], [2006?]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (37 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. | plastic | 4 3/4 in. | polychrome | monochrome | video file | DVD video
Subjects: video art | Motion pictures | Travel | Video art | New York (N.Y.) -- In motion pictures | New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel | New York (State) -- New York
Country: United States
Release: Chicago, IL : NY : Video Data Bank [distributor], [2006?]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (37 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. | plastic | 4 3/4 in. | polychrome | monochrome | video file | DVD video
Subjects: video art | Motion pictures | Travel | Video art | New York (N.Y.) -- In motion pictures | New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel | New York (State) -- New York
Country: United States
Sources
- UCLA Library Catalog · record ↗ — title, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
Record added 2026-11-08 20:56:09