James Benning Movies

A conceptual bicentennial film dealing with spatial and temporal relationships between two travelers, their car, and the geographic, political, and...

Iron ore is super heated in a blast furnace to make pig iron, which in turn is used to produce steel. The making of steel is a continuous process....

A short film by Gary Mairs written by James Benning. Stars Amy Seimetz.

Using experimental narrative structure as his vehicle, Benning recreates the sensationalized and controversial circumstances surrounding Lorencia...

an excerpt of a conversation between James and I during the Fall of 2019 - Santa Clarita, CA

A narrative film concerning an investigation of two women in time and space, to the point where the investigation becomes the narrative.

Filmed on November 21 and 22, 2018 in Valencia, California. A gibbous and full moon rising.

Shots of 8 bridges from the continental United States - the Golden Gate Bridge from Sausalito, California; the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge from Arroyo...

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

James Benning watches tv with a young girl.

In summer 2011, James Benning returned to his hometown of Milwaukee to make a third version of his seminal 1977 film 'One Way Boogie Woogie'. In 1977...

The portrait of an art institution: James Benning explores the building and grounds of the California Institute of Art. Each image creates a tension,...

Composed of just four shots in which Clara McHale-Ribot, Rachel Kushner, Richard Hebdige, and Simone Forti read quietly to themselves, the film...

Seven entirely static shots make up James Benning's quiet reflection on existence in the Ruhr Valley.

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

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...

Intercourse between two people who never appear on the screen at the same time. An exploration of sex and male/female identities.

Except for some additional ambience, the entire sound track of this film has been taken (without permission) from: Ernesto Che Guevara, the Bolivian...

One man's journey through the American landscape as he has experienced it since the 1950s.

A document of one of the most famous 66 miles of railroad track in the world including the Tehachapi Loop.