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Landscape Suicide

James Benning
1986 United States 92 minutes English
From the collection of the Austrian Film Museum, Frame enlargement : Georg Wasner
From the collection of the Austrian Film Museum, Frame enlargement : Georg Wasner

Landscape Suicide examines the relationship between physical and psychological landscapes through a documentary reconstruction of two murder cases, one committed by a Californian teenager, Bernadette Protti, the other, by a Wisconsin man, Ed Gein, who inspired Hitchcock’s character, Norman Bates in Psycho. The killers’ roles are played by two actors, who read their statement/confession to the police.

Production :
James Benning
Editing :
James Benning
Sound :
James Benning
Photography :
James Benning
Screenplay :
James Benning
Copy Contact :
Österreichisches Filmmuseum

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