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

Full Show Notes:

Follow Carolyn Petit on Twitter
Listen to Feminist Frequency Radio
Listen to Cinemaball
Desert Hearts episode
More about Kyss mig (aka Kiss Me, aka With Every Heartbeat)
Blue is the Warmest Color episode
The Art of Slow Cinema blog
Poets mentioned: Mary Oliver, Donald Hall, Jane

Kenyon
American Experience episode on Walt Whitman
Simon Schama's The Power of Art series
The Lonely City by Olivia Laing
John Berger's Ways of Seeing
"Musée des Beaux Arts" by W.H. Auden