JAMES BENNING • BARBARA PICHLER & CLAUDIA SLANAR (ED.)

JAMES BENNING • Barbara Pichler & Claudia Slanar (ed.) • 2006 Österreichisches Filmmuseum (Austrian Film Museum) & SYNEMA 263 pgs • Volume 6 FilmmuseumSynemaPublikationen • Textos de Claudia Slanar; Barbara Pichler; Sharon Lockhart; James Benning; Julie Ault; Dick Hebdige; Amanda Yates; Volker Pantenburg; Nils Plath; Scott MacDonald; Michael Pisaro & Allan Sekula • Livro disponível na Livraria Linha de Sombra • Cinemateca Portuguesa ■

James Benning's films are among the most fascinating works in American cinema. He explores the relationship between image, text and sound while paying expansive attention to the "vernacular landscapes" of American life. This volume traces Benning's artistic career as well as his biographical journey through the U.S., from Wisconsin to the East Coast to Southern California.