James Benning Movies
- 2005
One Way Boogie Woogie/27 Years Later
One Way Boogie Woogie/27 Years Later6.32005HD
One half filmed in 1977, one half filmed 27 years later. Director combined the structural analysis of image and sound with fragments of a narrative...
- 2012
The War
The War2.32012HD
A new video work by American avant-garde filmmaker James Benning explores the videos of Russian activist/activist-art group Voina (“war”).
- 2020
On Paradise Road
On Paradise Road02020HD
Filmed at Benning's home in Val Verde during the first month of the pandemic, the film is a portrait of that time.
- 1975
9-1-75
9-1-7501975HD
Twenty-two minute tracking shot through campgrounds in Southern Wisconsin
- 2015
Perimeter
Perimeter02015HD
Short by James Benning.
- 2011
Two Cabins
Two Cabins72011HD
Between July, 2007 and June, 2008, veteran independent film-maker,James Benning built replicas of two iconic American Cabins in a remote part of the...
- 2014
Concord Woods
Concord Woods02014HD
In James Benning’s film Concord Woods (2014), we watch a replica of Henry David Thoreau’s famous cabin at Walden Pond. The cabin is first...
- 2016
scorched earth
scorched earth02016HD
"scorched earth is a film that is part of the Untitled Fragments Project. It's 60 minutes at dusk, just one shot of the burned over forest (from this...
- 1984
Pascal's Lemma
Pascal's Lemma01984HD
Presented on a computer, "Pascal's Lemma" features mathematics (diagrams, equations, questions), biographical information about Blaise Pascal, and...
- 2014
Natural History
Natural History5.42014HD
In 54 static shots, Benning provides a picture of the Natural History Museum in Vienna. With the exception of the first three shots, he chooses areas...
- 2012
One Way Boogie Woogie
One Way Boogie Woogie7.52012HD
In summer 2011, James Benning returned to his hometown of Milwaukee to make a third version of his seminal 1977 film 'One Way Boogie Woogie'. In 1977...
- 2007
Casting a Glance
Casting a Glance7.42007HD
Casting a Glance is a tribute to the American artist Robert Smithson. Between May 15 2005 and January 14 2007, I made 16 trips to the Spiral Jetty....
- 2019
Two Moons
Two Moons52019HD
Filmed on November 21 and 22, 2018 in Valencia, California. A gibbous and full moon rising.
- 1972
Time and a Half
Time and a Half01972HD
Twenty-four hours in the life of a factory worker.
- 2010
Pig Iron
Pig Iron7.22010HD
Iron ore is super heated in a blast furnace to make pig iron, which in turn is used to produce steel. The making of steel is a continuous process....
- 2017
Untitled Fragments
Untitled Fragments02017HD
The 3-channel video installation brings together four histories: the 1860s scorched earth policy of Kit Carson used to drive out the Navajos from...
- 2010
Faces 1973
Faces 197352010HD
One of the films I remade was a film that used two faces in it from a short little three-minute film that I made for the Henry Mancini television...
- 2013
BNSF
BNSF5.52013HD
A three hour shot containing light, dark, and a BNSF train in the desert.
- 2024
Cuba, an Historical Romance
Cuba, an Historical Romance02024HD
Stills from a trip in Cuba.
- 1974
8½ x 11
8½ x 1101974HD
"Benning's landscape works, with their meticulous, reverential compositions, have been located in the history of American realist painting and...