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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