James Benning

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Fire & Rain
6.2

Fire & Rain

Two young Latter-day Saints are sent on a mission to convince the people of a small village in Uganda to become part of The Church of Jesus ...
casting a glance
7.2

casting a glance

Jan. 01, 2007

casting a glance

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 ...
O Panama
6.6

O Panama

Jan. 01, 1985

O Panama

O Panama features a man confined to his apartment on a winter day as he suffers through an illness. Built on the polarity between hot and cold, ...
Landscape Suicide
7.3

Landscape Suicide

Oct. 28, 1986

Landscape Suicide

Benning continues his examination of Americana in this film through the stories of two murderers. Ed Gein was a Wisconsin farmer and multiple ...
Grand Opera: An Historical Romance
7.3

Grand Opera: An Historical Romance

Grand Opera marks a stock-taking of Benning’s work and his life, presenting a personal and artistic autobiography woven together with a ...
11 x 14
7.2

11 x 14

Mar. 17, 1977

11 x 14

65 shots making up a cryptically alluded-to narrative: a lesbian couple’s Midwest travels, a hitchhiking young man’s journeys, the ...