BAGHDAD IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER   00:51:00 2003
Part I, single channel video BAGHDAD IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER is an ambient video essay of life in Baghdad before the invasion and occupation. Men dance, women draw and sufis sing as they await the coming of another war. In seven languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish). Subtitled in English. Part II, website, online at www.nationalphilistine.com/baghdad Notes, gifts, promises, paintings, trash, and other ephemera from the city which is now hardly a city. What if Walter Benjamin didn't kill himself, learned html, bought a camera, and thought himself useful enough to work in an impending war zone? Also available on: Compilation: Tin Drum Trilogy	Biography of Paul Chan Director's Choice Award (Third Prize), Black Maria Film and Video Festival 2005 Titles by Paul Chan: BAGHDAD IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER Now Let Us Praise American Leftists Now promise now threat RE:THE_OPERATION Untitled Video on Lynne Stewart and Her Conviction, The Law and Poetry Work by Paul Chan also appears on: Compilation: Charged in the name of terror Compilation: Tin Drum Trilogy