James Benning’s “Four Corners” uses a specific geographical location to pose larger questions about the…
Except for some additional ambience, the entire sound track of this film has been taken…
Sixty one-minute shots with no camera movement. This tension between painterly and cinematic space is…
Four landscape shots containing a replica of Ted Kaczynskis cabin, one shot per season. On…
Lengthy static shots of various backroads, smaller interstates, quieter roads, and lonely highways.
Seven entirely static shots make up James Benning’s quiet reflection on existence in the Ruhr…
Los Angeles is depicted in 35 stationary shots, each 2 1/2 minutes long, in this…
Looping, chugging and barreling by, the trains in Benning’s latest monumental film map a stunning…
Casting a Glance is a tribute to the American artist Robert Smithson. Between May 15…
One half filmed in 1977, one half filmed 27 years later.