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AnhomagetoWalterBenjaminandothertime-travelingartistsandexpatriatesthathaveinspiredme,especiallyChrisMarker.Benjamin,fleeingfromfascisminthe1930s,tookrefugeinPariswhereBibliotequeNacionalbecamehishomeawayfromhome.Inthislibrary,asanctuarymadeofbooks,heeventuallyleftasecretcopyofmuchofwhatremainsofhisArcadesProject,DasPassagen-Werk.Muchofthenarrationforthefilmcamefromachanceoperationorliterarycut-upexercisedonewithPattiSmith,usingdictionarydefinitionsoftheword"passage"whichIlatereditedandaugmentedwithtextofmyown. --JemCohen