35mm

11 x 14

James Benning
Part of

56th New York Film Festival

September 28 - October 14, 2018

Composed of 65 beautifully framed shots of provincial life and suburban domesticity, Benning’s 16mm-shot travelogue of the Midwestern United States advanced notions of structuralist cinema while forming a visual tapestry of the American heartland in all its rugged glory.

DIRECTOR
James Benning
YEAR
1977
COUNTRY
USA
RUNTIME
82 minutes
FORMAT
35mm

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James Benning’s first feature-length film announced the arrival of a radical new voice in the evolution of moving image art, and remains a landmark of the American avant-garde. Composed of 65 beautifully framed shots of provincial life and suburban domesticity, this 16mm-shot travelogue of the Midwestern United States advanced notions of structuralist cinema while forming a visual tapestry of the American heartland in all its rugged glory. Restored by the Austrian Film Museum in collaboration with Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art.

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