CALIFORNIA TRILOGY
Produced at the junction of two millennia, the CALIFORNIA TRILOGY is James Benning's three-part topographical study of America's "Golden State". Looking to the past while investigating the present, the mathematician-turned-filmmaker condenses three distinct Californian landscapes into a total of 105 shots, each exactly 2½ minutes long. Formal restraint and compositional precision combine with ambient sound and an unheard social commentary to create a hypnotic journey across the 31st US State; from the Great Central Valley (El Valley Centro) through greater Los Angeles (Los) to the Californian wilderness (Sogobi). This 2-disc set presents the complete CALIFORNIA TRILOGY for the first time ever on DVD.
Contents
Format: DVD-PAL / Region 0
(No Regional Code); DVD/DSL Bundle
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EL VALLEY CENTRO
(US, 1999)
Directed, written, photographed, edited and produced by: James Benning
• 87 minutes
• 16mm
• Color
• Sound
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LOS
(US, 2000)
Directed, written, photographed, edited and produced by: James Benning
• 87 minutes
• Color
• Sound
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SOGOBI
(US, 2001)
Directed, written, photographed, edited and produced by: James Benning
• 87 minutes
• Color
• Sound
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Total Running Time: 04:21:00 (2 Discs)
Booklet Text: Claudia Slanar, Oliver Hanley & James Benning (Bilingual German & English)
Published By: Edition Filmmuseum
Institutional Price: $300; $600 DVD/DSL bundle (plus shipping).
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