LINKS :: James BENNING

James BENNING (born 1942; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA) = 67 yold in 2009

42 films (20 feature length) / 6 screenplays (1st film: 1971/latest film: 2009)
INSPIRED BY : Henry David Thoreau, Andy Warhol, Bill Traylor, Michael Snow, Hollis Frampton, George Landow, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Smithson?
C.C.C. films (strict model in red) : 13 Lakes; Ten skies; RR; Ruhr;
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Quick scroll : BIBLIOGRAPHY | BOOK | ONLINE ARTICLES | INTERVIEW | WEBSITES | DOCUMENTARY

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Ruhr (2009) 120' IMDb -

• "Duisburg 09: ‘Ruhr’ radikal – James Benning" By: Michael Sennhauser (Sennhausers film blog; 3 Nov 2009) [GERMAN]
• "Der Fernseher als Aquarium: James Bennings Ruhr auf 3Sat" By: tfunke (Kein Blut, Rot!; 4 Nov 2009) [GERMAN]
• "Ruhr (James Benning, 2009)" By: miguel (punto de partida; 22 Nov 2009) [SPANISH]
  
• "Ruhr" By: Mark Peranson (Cinema Scope, #41, Winter 2010)
• "Long shots" By: Blake Williams (R and G and B, 19 June 2010)
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RR (2007) 112' IMDb -

• "RR location list" By: James Benning (New Filmkritik, 25 Feb 2008)
  
• "Berlinale 2008: 'RR' Benning (USA)" By: Daniel Kasman (The Auteurs, 22 Feb 2008) also at Unspoken Cinema
  
• "Trainspotting with James Benning" By: Mark Peranson (cinemascope, #34)
• "RR (2007)" By: Darren Hughes (Long Pauses, 9 Sept 2008)
  
• "RR" By: Leo Goldsmith (Not Coming to a Theatre Near You, 24 Sept 2008)
  
• "RR (Vancouver International Film Festival)" By: Jonathan Rosenbaum (JonathanRosenbaum.com, 3 Oct 2008) part 1 & 2
  
• "NYFF08: "RR" (Benning, USA)" By: David Phelps (TheAuteurs, 5 Nov 2008)
  
• "Train of Toughts of Basic Training" (La Lectora Provisoria)
  
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Casting a Glance (2007) 87' IMDb -

• "Park City Dispatch. 7" By: Brian Darr (GreenCine Daily, 26 Jan 2008)
• "Bomen klimmen met James Benning" By: Petra Kleyn (filmkrant, #296, Feb 2008) [DUTCH]
  
• "Casting a Glance" Roundtable with James Benning, Raymond Bellour, Cyril Neyrat, Antoine Thirion (Jeu de Paume, Paris; 24 Oct 2009) [FRENCH/ENGLISH] 21' + 1h47' video
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One Way Boogie Woogie/27 Years Later (2005) 120' IMDb -

• "Benning x 2 + 27" By: Dennis Harvey (San Fransisco Bay Guardian online, ?)
  
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Ten Skies (2004) 102' IMDb -

• "Lakes and Skies" By: Brian Darr (Hell on Frisco Bay, 12 Sept 2005)
  
• "Lost Landscapes, Found Paintings. Two new films by James Benning" By: Ian Haydn Smith (Vertigo UK, Autumn/winter 2005)
  
• "Ten Skies, 2004" By: acquarello (Strictly Film School, 26 Feb 2007)
  
• "James Benning’s 13 Lakes and Ten Skies, and the Culture of Distraction" By: Scott MacDonald (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
  
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13 Lakes (2004) 133' IMDb -

• "Lakes and Skies" By: Brian Darr (Hell on Frisco Bay, 12 Sept 2005)
• "Lost Landscapes, Found Paintings. Two new films by James Benning" By: Ian Haydn Smith (Vertigo UK, Autumn/winter 2005)
• "13 Lakes, 2004" By: acquarello (Strictly Film School, 25 Feb 2007)
• "James Benning’s 13 Lakes, Landscapes, and a brief note on Mt.Mayon" By: Alexis Tioseco (Concentrated Nonsense, 6 Dec, 2007)
• "Nudging the Mind: James Benning's 13 Lakes" By: Andrew Chan (The House Next Door, 8 Jul 2007)
  
• "James Benning’s 13 LAKES and TEN SKIES, and the Culture of Distraction" By: Scott MacDonald (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
  
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Sogobi (2001) 90' IMDb -

• "On Future Arrivals of Container Drivers. Five Brief Comments on One Image from James Benning’s ‘California Trilogy’, expanded" By: Nils Plath (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
  
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Los (2000) 90' IMDb -

• "On Future Arrivals of Container Drivers. Five Brief Comments on One Image from James Benning’s ‘California Trilogy’, expanded" By: Nils Plath (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
  
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El Valley Centro (2000) 90' IMDb -

• "On Future Arrivals of Container Drivers. Five Brief Comments on One Image from James Benning’s ‘California Trilogy’, expanded" By: Nils Plath (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
  
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UTOPIA (1998) 91' IMDb -

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Four Corners (1997) 79' IMDb -

• "James Benning's Four corners" By: Jonathan Rosenbaum (Chicago Reader, 12 Dec 1997; Essential Cinema, 2004)
  
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Deseret (1995) 81' IMDb -

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North on Evers (1992) 87' IMDb -

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Used Innocence (1989) 94' IMDb -

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Landscape Suicide (1986) 93' IMDb -

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O Panama (1985) 28' short IMDb -

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American Dreams (lost and found) (1984) 55' IMDb -

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Him and Me (1982) 87' IMDb -

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Last Dance (1981) IMDb -

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Double Yodel (1980) IMDb -

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Oklahoma (1979) IMDb -

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Four Oil Wells (1978) IMDb -

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Grand Opera (1978) 84' IMDb -

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11 x 14 (1977) 80' IMDb -

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One Way Boogie Woogie (1977) 60' IMDb -

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A to B (1976) 2' short IMDb -

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Chicago Loop (1976) 9' short IMDb -

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3 Minutes on the Dangers of Film Recording (1975) 3' short IMDb -

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9-1-75 (1975) 22' short IMDb -

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An Erotic Film (1975) 11' short IMDb -

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Saturday Night (1975) 2' short IMDb -

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The United States of America (1975) 27' short IMDb -

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Gleem (1974) 2' short IMDb -

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8 1/2 X 11 (1974) 32' short IMDb -

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I-94 (1974) 3' short IMDb -

• "Vinyl is Podcast #9 : Dreamlands of the Night" By: Ryland Walker Knight and Brian Darr (Vinyl is Heavy, 18 Dec 2008) audio 43'
  
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57 (1973) 7' short IMDb -

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Honeyland Road (1973) 8' short IMDb -

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Michigan Avenue (1973) 6' short IMDb -

• "Vinyl is Podcast #9 : Dreamlands of the Night" By: Ryland Walker Knight and Brian Darr (Vinyl is Heavy, 18 Dec 2008) audio 43'
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Art Hist. 101 (1972) 17' short IMDb -

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Ode to Muzak (1972) 3' short IMDb -

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Time and a Half (1972) 17' short IMDb -

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Did You Ever Hear That Cricket Sound? (1971) 1' short IMDb -

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GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

• "James Benning (USA)" By: Jon Jost (Framework, #13, 1980)
• "James Benning: “Reeling in Utah: The Travel Log Trilogy”" By: Dick Hebdige (Afterall, #8, Autumn/Winter, 2003)
  
• "Taking Position. did you ever hear that cricket sound? (1971) to 3 minutes on the dangers of film recording (1975)" By: Claudia Slanar (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
• "An Iconography of the Midwest. 8½ u 11 (1974) to Grand Opera (1979)" By: Barbara Pichler (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
• "Milwaukee’s Finest" By: Sharon Lockhart (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
• "Walking and Talking" By: Sadie Benning (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
• "“I’ll sneak in the back door.” Installations in the Art World: 1978–1985" By: Claudia Slanar (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
• "American Dreams, American Nightmares. Him and Me (1981) to Used Innocence (1988)" By: Barbara Pichler (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
• "Using the Earth as a Map of Himself. The Personal Conceptualism of James Benning" By: Julie Ault (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
• "Into the Great Wide Open. North on Evers (1991) to UTOPIA (1998)" By: Barbara Pichler (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
• "Reeling in Utah: The Travel Log Trilogy" By: Dick Hebdige (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
• "Looking and Listening" By: Amanda Yates (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
• "Landscape, History and Romantic Allusions. El Valley Centro (1999) to RR (2007)" By: Claudia Slanar (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
• "Encyclopedia Americana. James Benning: Times, Places, Perceptions" By: Volker Pantenburg (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
• "James Benning, musician" By: Michael Pisaro (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
• "RR JB" By: Allan Sekula (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007) / Translated in French (Vertigo FR, #36, Sept 2009) [FRENCH]
• "James Benning : bienvenue dans la wilderness" By: Antoine Thirion (Cahiers du cinéma, #644, Apr 2009) [FRENCH]
  
• "The James Benning Experience" By: Stephane Audeguy (Vertigo FR, #36, Sept 2009) [FRENCH]
  
• "Beginning Benning. Voyage à Benning (with robert Smithson on my Mind)" By: Carlos Muguiro (Vertigo FR, #36, Sept 2009) [FRENCH]
  
• "L'étendue qui dure" By: Yannick Haenel (Vertigo FR, #36, Sept 2009) [FRENCH]
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BOOK on James BENNING

• "James Benning : American Filmmaker" edited by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar (FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, Nov 2007) 263 p. [GERMAN] table of content PDF
  
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GENERAL ONLINE ARTICLES

• "Talking About Seeing: A Conversation with James Benning" By: Danni Zuvela (Senses of cinema, #33, 2004)
  
• "Water. Sky. Film." By: J. Hoberman (The Village Voice, 5 Jun 2007)
  
• "James Benning: American Filmmaker" (Film Museum, Vienna, 30 Nov 2007) [GERMAN]
  
• "James Benning: When Film Has Shown Almost Everything" By: Nil Baskar (18th LIFFe, Ljubljana International Film Festival, Nov 2007)
  
• "Things to like about looking" By: David Bordwell (Observations on film art, 5 Dec 2007)
  
• "James Benning. edited by Barbara Pichler and Claudia Slanar" book review By: Vera Brunner-Sung (Senses of cinema, #47, 2008)
  
• "Las múltiples facetas de James Benning" By: Cynthia Sabat (Había una vez una chica; 2 Apr 2009)
• "James Benning" By: Careful (Inland Ravioli, 24 Sept 2009)
  
• "James Benning Retrospective. 20 Octobre 2009 - 10 Janvier 2010" Gallerie du Jeu de Paume; 38e Festival d'Automne à Paris; Independencia PDF
  
• "De James Bolex à H.D. Benning. intervention #4" By: Antoine Thirion (Independencia, Feb 2010)
• "Crossing paths: James Benning" By: Jon Jost (Jon Jost's Weblog, 5 March 2011) 
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INTERVIEW

• "Lost Landscapes, Found Paintings. Two new films by James Benning" By: Ian Haydn Smith (Vertigo UK, Autumn/winter 2005)
• "Testing your patience" By: Scott MacDonalds (Artforum, Sept 2007)
  
• "James Benning’s 13 Lakes, Landscapes, and a brief note on Mt.Mayon" By: Alexis Tioseco (Concentrated Nonsense, 6 Dec, 2007)
• "Trainspotting with James Benning" By: Mark Peranson (cinemascope, #34)
  
• "James Benning in Pampelona 2009" By: Independencia (Feb 2009) video 3'28" (vimeo)
  
• "Mirar y Escuchar" By: Manuel Yanez Murillo (Cahiers du cinéma España, April 2009) [SPANISH]
  
• "Outsider. Entretien avec James Benning" By: Cyril Neyrat, Antoine Thirion (Vertigo Fr, #36, Sept 2009) [FRENCH] part 1 & 2 (at Independencia) [SPANISH]
  
• "Casting a Glance" Roundtable with James Benning, Raymond Bellour, Cyril Neyrat, Antoine Thirion (Jeu de Paume, Paris; 24 Oct 2009) [FRENCH/ENGLISH] 21' + 1h47' video
• "Darkest Americana & Elsewhere: Ruhr: A Few Questions For James Benning" By: Michael Guillen (Twitchfilm, 2 March 2010)
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TEXT BY James BENNING

• "James Benning on Place" By: James Benning (Framework, #13, 1980)
  
• "Off Screen Space/Somewhere Else" By: James Benning (in "James Benning" ed. by Barbara Pilcher & Claudia Slanar; FilmmuseumSynema-Publikationen, vol. 6, Vienna, 2007)
  
• "Life in Benning" By: James Benning (Frieze, #111, Nov-Dec 2007) also at Invisible Cinema ; Translated in Dutch (filmkrant, #304, Nov 2008) [DUTCH]
  
• "Life is finite" By: James Benning (Warhol exhibition, Waxxner Center, Colombus, Ohio, Aug 2008); republished in French (Vertigo FR, #36, Sept 2009)
  
• "Knit & Purl" By: James Benning (Cinema Scope, #40, Fall 2009)
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WEBSITES

• IMDb
  
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DOCUMENTARY ON James BENNING

• James Benning: Circling the Image (2003/Reinhard Wulf/Germany), produced by WDR – Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Germany. IMDb
  
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