James Benning Movies
- 2019

Two Moons
Two Moons52019HD
Filmed on November 21 and 22, 2018 in Valencia, California. A gibbous and full moon rising.
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- 1997

Four Corners
Four Corners6.21997HD
James Benning's "Four Corners" uses a specific geographical location to pose larger questions about the United States. Here, the geographic and...
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- 2012

Easy Rider
Easy Rider6.82012HD
'After doing a re-make of John Cassevetes’ "Faces" [1968], I decided to re-make another American classic, Dennis Hopper’s "Easy Rider"...
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- 2020

She Dies Tomorrow
She Dies Tomorrow5.082020HD
Amy is ravaged by the notion that she is going to die tomorrow, which sends her down a dizzying emotional spiral. When her skeptical friend Jane...
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- 1979

Grand Opera: An Historical Romance
Grand Opera: An Historical Romance7.21979HD
Grand Opera marks a stock-taking of Benning's work and his life, presenting a personal and artistic autobiography woven together with a series of...
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- 1985

O Panama
O Panama61985HD
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, the...
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- 1972

Time and a Half
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Twenty-four hours in the life of a factory worker.
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- 1974

I-94
I-944.6671974HD
Intercourse between two people who never appear on the screen at the same time. An exploration of sex and male/female identities.
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- 2016

Measuring Change
Measuring Change5.72016HD
Towards the end of 2015, James Benning made one of his occasional expeditions to Utah, to the place where Robert Smithson's colossal land-sculpture...
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- 2018

glory
glory82018HD
glory is a film about the present, about America and its history of abuse.
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- 2014

Concord Woods
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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...
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- 2012

Stemple Pass
Stemple Pass7.52012HD
Four landscape shots containing a replica of Ted Kaczynski’s cabin, one shot per season. On the soundtrack, Benning reads extracts from...
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- 2019

daylight
daylight02019HD
Benning's 18-minute study of moonfall in the morning sky-- A close cousin to his film "two moons". A lovely rendition of 'Moon River' accompanies the...
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- 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...
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- 2015

Perimeter
Perimeter02015HD
Short by James Benning.
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- 2004

13 Lakes
13 Lakes6.82004HD
Shots of 13 great lakes in the USA, with each shot containing half water and half sky or land.
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- 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...
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- 2019

The Wrecker Kings
The Wrecker Kings02019HD
The owner of a failing inn and his roadkill collector friend devise a Bigfoot hoax to draw in tourists, but a Miccosukee Hunter is set to make sure...
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- 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”).
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- 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.
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