Two women from vastly different backgrounds navigate parallel lives while confronting the homogenizing force of global retail culture.
In Chain, actual malls, theme parks, hotels and corporate centers worldwide are joined into a monolithic superlandscape that shapes and circumscribes the lives of two women. One is a businesswoman researching the international theme park industry for her company. The other is a young drifter, illegally living and occasionally working in a shopping mall.
Jem Cohen
Rating: 7/10 (9 votes)