James Benning Movies

  • 2013
    BNSF

    BNSF

    BNSF

    5.52013HD

    A three hour shot containing light, dark, and a BNSF train in the desert.

    BNSF
  • 2014
    US 41

    US 41

    US 41

    02014HD

    A stretch of highway blanketed by snow becomes the stage for one accident after another in US 41, perhaps Benning’s first disaster movie, or a...

    US 41
  • 2021
    In Process...

    In Process...

    In Process...

    02021HD

    Video essay providing a brief introduction to the work of James Benning for his exhibition at neugerriemschneider.

    In Process...
  • 2020
    On Paradise Road

    On Paradise Road

    On Paradise Road

    02020HD

    Filmed at Benning's home in Val Verde during the first month of the pandemic, the film is a portrait of that time.

    On Paradise Road
  • 1975
    3 Minutes on the Dangers of Film Recording

    3 Minutes on the Dangers of Film Recording

    3 Minutes on the Dangers of Film Recording

    01975HD

    At Northwestern University, where he teaches at the time, Benning gives a short interview to some student filmmakers. He then uses this material to...

    3 Minutes on the Dangers of Film Recording
  • 2014
    signs

    signs

    signs

    02014HD

    signs is a sobering continuation of Benning’s career-long interest with the written word as image, text as vision: a silent parade of stills...

    signs
  • 1974
    8½ x 11

    8½ x 11

    8½ x 11

    01974HD

    "Benning's landscape works, with their meticulous, reverential compositions, have been located in the history of American realist painting and...

    8½ x 11