Jem Cohen's 'Museum Hours' (2012)
Her Head in FilmsMay 21, 202401:40:10

Jem Cohen's 'Museum Hours' (2012)

In this episode, Carolyn Petit joins me for a conversation about Jem Cohen's 2012 film "Museum Hours." Carolyn is managing editor at Feminist Frequency and is the co-host of the podcasts Feminist Frequency Radio and Cinemaball. "Museum Hours" is about Johann, a security guard at a Vienna art museum and how he meets Anne, a woman visiting the city to see her cousin who is in a coma. Over the course of Anne's stay, she and Johann become friends as he shows her around and offers emotional support in her time of need. In our discussion, Carolyn and I explore the power of art, the mystery of human connection, and much more.



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Original artwork by Dhiyanah Hassan (https://www.bydhiyanah.com/)



Full Show Notes:




• Follow Carolyn Petit on Twitter (https://twitter.com/carolynmichelle)


• Listen to Feminist Frequency Radio (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/feminist-frequency-radio/id1307153574?mt=2)


• Listen to Cinemaball (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cinemaball/id1372297272?mt=2)


• Desert Hearts episode (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/18995529)


• More about Kyss mig (aka Kiss Me, aka With Every Heartbeat) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1859522/)


• Blue is the Warmest Color episode (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/792aff18)


• The Art of Slow Cinema blog (https://theartsofslowcinema.com/)


• Poets mentioned: Mary Oliver (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Oliver) , Donald Hall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Hall) , Jane

Kenyon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Kenyon)


• American Experience episode on Walt Whitman (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1167322/)


• Simon Schama's The Power of Art series (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887235/?ref_=nv_sr_1)


• The Lonely City by Olivia Laing (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25667449-the-lonely-city)


• John Berger's Ways of Seeing (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1302546/?ref_=nv_sr_1)


• "Musée des Beaux Arts" by W.H. Auden (http://english.emory.edu/classes/paintings&poems/auden.html)