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Chain

  • 2004
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
290
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Chain (2004)
Drama

As regional character disappears and corporate culture homogenizes our surroundings, it's increasingly hard to tell where you are. Actual malls, theme parks, hotels and corporate centers wor... Read allAs regional character disappears and corporate culture homogenizes our surroundings, it's increasingly hard to tell where you are. Actual malls, theme parks, hotels and corporate centers worldwide are joined into one "superlandscape" which shapes the lives of two women caught wit... Read allAs regional character disappears and corporate culture homogenizes our surroundings, it's increasingly hard to tell where you are. Actual malls, theme parks, hotels and corporate centers worldwide are joined into one "superlandscape" which shapes the lives of two women caught within it. One is a corporate executive, the other a young drifter.

  • Director
    • Jem Cohen
  • Writer
    • Jem Cohen
  • Stars
    • Miho Nikaido
    • Mira Billotte
    • Tarik O'Regan
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    290
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jem Cohen
    • Writer
      • Jem Cohen
    • Stars
      • Miho Nikaido
      • Mira Billotte
      • Tarik O'Regan
    • 10User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

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    Miho Nikaido
    Miho Nikaido
    • Tamiko
    Mira Billotte
    • Amanda Timms
    Tarik O'Regan
    • Currency Trader
    Rick Aquino
    • Piano Store Salesman
    Douglas A. Scocco
    • Piano Store Salesman
    Bill Stuckey
    • TV Announcer
    Minda Martin
    • Amanda's Half Sister
    Robert C. Gibson
    • Motel Manager
    Anne Truitt
    • Woman in Car and Parking Lot
    Vanessa Hope
    Vanessa Hope
    • Corporate Executive
    • (as Vanessa Wanger)
    • Director
      • Jem Cohen
    • Writer
      • Jem Cohen
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    • Trivia
      The opening theme is an original contribution by Montreal band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and other music and sounds were provided by band member David Bryant and A Silver Mt. Zion, a side project featuring multiple Godspeed members. Director Jem Cohen has continued to collaborate with Godspeed, most recently providing some of the film footage used as projections in the band's live shows on their 2022 tour.
    • Quotes

      Tamiko: [narrating] When I was small, I did not have my own money to buy the things I wanted. My friends and the other students would buy many things, and I was ashamed. Beautiful things would come in the stores, and everyone at school was so excited. There were characters with their own shows on TV and video games and toys. You see them and almost feel like crying, because there is one that seems so special for you.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2005)

    User reviews10

    Featured review
    1/10

    Poor comparison by someone who doesn't get it.

    Endless shots of malls and hotels. The annoying student art film of Jem Cohen, better known for REM videos. Here are the allegedly parallel stories of a 31 year old Japanese business woman scouting for investment partners in the US for her "Corporation", verses a homeless American teenage runaway girl's travails. The Japanese woman's timid behavior towards her Corporate bosses is part of their society, and cannot be compared to the stupidity and laziness of the American girl. The Japanese woman has a future, the American girl could easily end up a prostitute. Now take this simple story and fill in about a hour's worth of footage of corporate chain stores (KFC, McDonalds, Marriot, etc) from Australia to Germany and I think our film maker found a way for various film companies to pay for his world wide vacation spree. Zero stars.
    • eviltimes
    • Aug 27, 2008
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    • Release date
      • April 23, 2005 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Germany
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Antidote Films (I)
      • Gravity Hill Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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