Chain US/DE 2003, Video, 100 min,
OV with German subtitles

In 'Chain', malls, theme parks, hotels and corporate centres worldwide are joined into a monolithic "superlandscape" that shapes and circumscribes the lives of two women. One is an executive set adrift by her corporation while studying the international theme park industry. The other is a young drifter, living and working illegally on the fringes of a shopping mall.

"Somewhere, Wal-Mart opens a new store roughly every four days and yet the actual sites of such developments often take on a strange invisibility. Their presence can begin to seem inevitable and even natural. Rather than examining such phenomena through the facts, experts, and arguments of the traditional documentary, 'Chain' tells the stories of two women who find themselves adrift in this environment. What are their struggles, their histories and memories? What do they do when they're alone? 'Chain' is my first narrative feature."
(Jem Cohen)