Landscape Suicide (1987)
In Landscape Suicide Benning continues his examination of Americana through the stories of two murderers Ed Gein was a Wisconsin farmer and multiple murderer who taxidermied his victims in the 1950s Bernadette Prott was a Cali
11 x 14 (1977)
One of most widely praised American avant garde films in recent years, James Bennings 1977 feature is a laconic mosaic of single shot sequences
Four Corners (1998)
James Bennings Four Corners uses a specific geographical location to pose larger questions about the United States Here, the geographic and wholly imaginary place Four Corners, that favorite tourist destination where Colorado,
Los (2001)
Los Angeles is depicted in 35 stationary shots, each 2 12 minutes long, in this non narrative film
Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater (2013)
In 1985, filmmaker Richard Linklater began a film screening society in Austin, Texas, that aimed to show classic art house and experimental films to a budding community of cinephiles and filmmakers The Austin Film Society raised eno
Deseret (1995)
Landscape shots of Utah with narration chronicling its history by way of The New York Times excerpts from the 1850s to the 1990s
Ruhr (2009)
James Bennings worrying and also reassuring vision of the Ruhr Valley, shot in 7 fascinating takes of a tunnel, a factory, a forest near an airport, inside a mosque, a graffiti wall, a street and an industrial chimney
American Dreams: Lost and Found (1984)
Images of Hank Aaron memorabilia are displayed over the handwritten diaries of would be assassin Arthur Bremer, set to a soundtrack of alternating political news clips and popular songs from Aarons career