简介：JemCohen’snewestfilmisapersonal,essayisticdocumentaryin15chapters.Thedirectorcomposesimages,soundandmusicwithremarkableintensity,combiningthemintoahypnoticforaythroughthemetropolisesofourworld:NewYork,Moscow,St.Petersburg,Istanbul,Portoandacityintendedtoremainunknown.Timepassesandstandsstillatthesametime.Thecameraislikeamagnetforattractingandcapturingtheephemeral:Flickeringlightsinwindows,buntingandplasticbagsflutteringinthewind.Snapshotsofplacesbothpopularandunknownandofpeople,strikingobservationsofeverydaylife,atendergaugingofreality,snippetsofvoiceoversinpassing.Itislifeitselfthatthedirectorshowsus.JemCohenisatonceaflaneurandastreetsmartworker,withhisfilmanarchiveofhissteps–astoreroomrepletewithdreamlikememories,includingonesofChrisMarker’sChatsperchés.Catsofallshapesandsizesappearintheframeagainandagain.CountingisliketakingaSundaywalkthroughspatialandtemporalinterstices,astouchingasitismagical.berlinale2015…