James Benning Movies

  • 2020
    PLACE

    PLACE

    PLACE

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    James Benning’s PLACE is a multi-part work that deepens the artist’s longstanding engagement with marginalized artists and creators. Over...

    PLACE
  • 2018
    L. Cohen

    L. Cohen

    L. Cohen

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    A view of an Oregon farm field, observing a solar eclipse and incorporating a Leonard Cohen song.

    L. Cohen
  • 1999
    El Valley Centro

    El Valley Centro

    El Valley Centro

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    Experimental filmmaker James Benning returns with this abstract documentary about California's Central Valley, part 1 of his "California Trilogy"....

    El Valley Centro
  • 1982
    Him and Me

    Him and Me

    Him and Me

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    "Him And Me" has Benning's hallmarks: pristine cinematography, a quasi-autobiographical stance, and a minimalist structure that juxtaposes concrete...

    Him and Me
  • 1974
    I-94

    I-94

    I-94

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    Intercourse between two people who never appear on the screen at the same time. An exploration of sex and male/female identities.

    I-94
  • 2010
    Reforming the Past

    Reforming the Past

    Reforming the Past

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    For his performance Reforming the Past, James Benning turns towards his own film North on Evers, shot in 1991. After seeing Andy Warhol's Screen...

    Reforming the Past
  • 2016
    Spring Equinox

    Spring Equinox

    Spring Equinox

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    Filmed in Sierra Nevada, California over one day. Static and still shots of the actual landscape and environments in the area.

    Spring Equinox
  • 1971
    Did You Ever Hear That Cricket Sound?

    Did You Ever Hear That Cricket Sound?

    Did You Ever Hear That Cricket Sound?

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    In this short black and white study Benning uses dissolves, shifting camera angles and cross-fades to experiment with narrative structure.

    Did You Ever Hear That Cricket Sound?
  • 2003
    James Benning: Circling the Image

    James Benning: Circling the Image

    James Benning: Circling the Image

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    The American filmmaker James Benning has been one of the outstanding exponents of the structural film since the mid-1970s. Bennings artistic position...

    James Benning: Circling the Image
  • 2018
    glory

    glory

    glory

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    glory is a film about the present, about America and its history of abuse.

    glory
  • 2016
    Fresh Air

    Fresh Air

    Fresh Air

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    Last week I made a film of 49 of my T-shirts called Fresh Air. It was to be purely structural. For sound I recorded (in sync) the quiet ambience of...

    Fresh Air
  • 1975
    The United States of America

    The United States of America

    The United States of America

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    A conceptual bicentennial film dealing with spatial and temporal relationships between two travelers, their car, and the geographic, political, and...

    The United States of America
  • 2021
    From Bakersfield to Mojave

    From Bakersfield to Mojave

    From Bakersfield to Mojave

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    A document of one of the most famous 66 miles of railroad track in the world including the Tehachapi Loop.

    From Bakersfield to Mojave
  • 2024
    Breathless

    Breathless

    Breathless

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    "On November 28, 2023 I woke up early and drove down to the Upper Kern River. I came to film a tree. It's leaves were orange. The shot would be 87...

    Breathless
  • 1974
    Michigan Avenue

    Michigan Avenue

    Michigan Avenue

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    A narrative film concerning an investigation of two women in time and space, to the point where the investigation becomes the narrative.

    Michigan Avenue
  • 2016
    Ash 01

    Ash 01

    Ash 01

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    "Ash 01 is a declassified recording made from a B-52 bomber on December 26, 1972 during the Christmas carpet bombing of Hanoi." - James Benning. This...

    Ash 01
  • 2010
    John Krieg Exiting the Falk Corporation in 1971

    John Krieg Exiting the Falk Corporation in 1971

    John Krieg Exiting the Falk Corporation in 1971

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    James Benning appropriates a 14-second excerpt from his own film Time and a Half (second entry in his filmography), dissects the scene into its...

    John Krieg Exiting the Falk Corporation in 1971
  • 2001
    Los

    Los

    Los

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    Los Angeles is depicted in 35 stationary shots, each 2 1/2 minutes long, in this non-narrative film, part 2 of Benning's "California Trilogy".

    Los
  • 2022
    Allensworth

    Allensworth

    Allensworth

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    It centers on Allensworth, the first self-administered African-American municipality in California, showcasing the buildings of the now-abandoned...

    Allensworth
  • 2012
    All That She Surveys

    All That She Surveys

    All That She Surveys

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    A short film by Gary Mairs written by James Benning. Stars Amy Seimetz.

    All That She Surveys