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The United States of America (1975)

James Benning
1975 United States 27 min No dialogue

In 1975, James Benning and Bette Gordon drove from New York to Los Angeles, documenting the process in a series of brief, real-time tableaux that would become their joint film The United States of America. Radio news, advertisements or pop music soundtracks their road trip, while a diversity of scenery gradually passes their forward-facing camera.


First screening of th 2K restoration from the original negatives.

Production :
James Benning
Photography, sound, editing :
James Benning
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