I need to locate where this quote comes from:
"The anachronism of duration corresponds to and is superimposed upon
an anachronism of space. To endure is to be present, and to be present
is to be present to things distributed in a sort of time-space. Thus
the human act by which the mind becomes present to any group of images
at once local and temporal very often possesses the character of an
incomplete, incongruous creation, as of things, says Supervielle,
"which are not made to go together."

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Request for Question Clarification by justaskscott-ga on 04 Nov 2003 23:04 PST

In what context did you learn about this quote?  Was it printed in
some published source?  If so, which one?

Sounds like a french literary critic discussing a movie 

"mind becomes present to any group of images at once local and temporal"

although the local would argue for a live performance.