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The infiltration of the jewellery market by synthetic diamonds did not exactly make international headlines. Even more surprising then, that Jason Kohn should choose the topic – one so decisive for an industry based on discretion – as the starting point for a riveting investigation of the universal themes of value, the real and the symbolic. Having earned his stripes working with Errol Morris, as one senses from the interviews, and having dealt with other complex worlds (Brazilian organised crime in Manda Bala, professional tennis in Love Means Zero), Kohn uses his third outing as a director to once again push the documentary into thriller territory, with witnesses turning into antagonists as he leads us through trade fairs, mines, laboratories and conventions in the USA, Africa, China and India. This is a labyrinth where illusions and reality merge, where authenticity and imagination overlap, and questions arise about the value we place on the goods around us. In this sense, diamonds turn out to be exemplary: their exclusivity being the illusory effect of decades of marketing, and their meaning being based on values that synthetic gems, a product of fraud and market evolution, are now putting to the test. (Dogwoof Pictures)
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Nothing Lasts Forever
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Lakeshore Records
Year: 2023
Country: USA
Format: digital
Length: 47:42
1. | Nothing Lasts Forever | Logan Nelson | 02:33 |
2. | The Gemologist | Logan Nelson | 01:37 |
3. | Five Thousand Dollars | Logan Nelson | 00:41 |
4. | It Has To Be Expensive | Logan Nelson | 01:15 |
5. | The Truth About Diamonds | Logan Nelson | 01:53 |
6. | Crack In The Market | Logan Nelson | 01:09 |
7. | Misinformation | Logan Nelson | 00:50 |
8. | Making Crystals | Logan Nelson | 02:26 |
9. | The Yehuda Treatment | Logan Nelson | 01:27 |
10. | A Perfect Crime | Logan Nelson | 01:50 |
11. | Everybody Is Mixing | Logan Nelson | 01:07 |
12. | Making Crystals (In China) | Logan Nelson | 03:17 |
13. | Duke Of Burgundy | Logan Nelson | 03:03 |
14. | An Honest Person | Logan Nelson | 02:11 |
15. | Tiny Differences | Logan Nelson | 02:35 |
16. | World Of Authenticity | Logan Nelson | 00:37 |
17. | Miracles Of Nature | Logan Nelson | 02:47 |
18. | A Little More Ice | Logan Nelson | 02:32 |
19. | She Wanted Bigger | Logan Nelson | 00:47 |
20. | Lies About Lies | Logan Nelson | 01:58 |
21. | Life's Big Occasions | Logan Nelson | 02:27 |
22. | Terminal D | Logan Nelson | 02:34 |
23. | Ambushed By The Grotesque | Logan Nelson | 03:37 |
24. | Christmas In China | Logan Nelson | 02:29 |