James Benning Movies
- 2020
PLACE
PLACE02020HD
James Benning’s PLACE is a multi-part work that deepens the artist’s longstanding engagement with marginalized artists and creators. Over...
- 2018
L. Cohen
L. Cohen5.1672018HD
A view of an Oregon farm field, observing a solar eclipse and incorporating a Leonard Cohen song.
- 1999
El Valley Centro
El Valley Centro7.21999HD
Experimental filmmaker James Benning returns with this abstract documentary about California's Central Valley, part 1 of his "California Trilogy"....
- 1982
Him and Me
Him and Me01982HD
"Him And Me" has Benning's hallmarks: pristine cinematography, a quasi-autobiographical stance, and a minimalist structure that juxtaposes concrete...
- 1974
I-94
I-945.41974HD
Intercourse between two people who never appear on the screen at the same time. An exploration of sex and male/female identities.
- 2010
Reforming the Past
Reforming the Past02010HD
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...
- 2016
Spring Equinox
Spring Equinox62016HD
Filmed in Sierra Nevada, California over one day. Static and still shots of the actual landscape and environments in the area.
- 1971
Did You Ever Hear That Cricket Sound?
Did You Ever Hear That Cricket Sound?01971HD
In this short black and white study Benning uses dissolves, shifting camera angles and cross-fades to experiment with narrative structure.
- 2003
James Benning: Circling the Image
James Benning: Circling the Image02003HD
The American filmmaker James Benning has been one of the outstanding exponents of the structural film since the mid-1970s. Bennings artistic position...
- 2018
glory
glory82018HD
glory is a film about the present, about America and its history of abuse.
- 2016
Fresh Air
Fresh Air02016HD
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...
- 1975
The United States of America
The United States of America7.61975HD
A conceptual bicentennial film dealing with spatial and temporal relationships between two travelers, their car, and the geographic, political, and...
- 2021
From Bakersfield to Mojave
From Bakersfield to Mojave02021HD
A document of one of the most famous 66 miles of railroad track in the world including the Tehachapi Loop.
- 2024
Breathless
Breathless02024HD
"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...
- 1974
Michigan Avenue
Michigan Avenue51974HD
A narrative film concerning an investigation of two women in time and space, to the point where the investigation becomes the narrative.
- 2016
Ash 01
Ash 0102016HD
"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...
- 2010
John Krieg Exiting the Falk Corporation in 1971
John Krieg Exiting the Falk Corporation in 197102010HD
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...
- 2001
Los
Los6.42001HD
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".
- 2022
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...
- 2012
All That She Surveys
All That She Surveys02012HD
A short film by Gary Mairs written by James Benning. Stars Amy Seimetz.