Twenty Cigarettes
Overview
Celebrated for his minimal, monumental landscape studies, James Benning turns to the intimacy of the portrait in his latest film, TWENTY CIGARETTES. Referencing Warhol’s screen tests, 1930s Hollywood glamour, and the disappearing cigarette break, the film captures 20 of Benning’s friends (including filmmaker Sharon Lockhart, cultural theorist Dick Hebdige, and book editor Janet Jenkins) satiating their smoke cravings. Each shot’s length is determined by the time it takes each subject to smoke a cigarette, and over the course of the film a dynamic range of personalities emerges out of an array of physical characteristics, distinctive settings, and personal relationships to the camera. (Amy Beste and Jessica Bardsley)
About Twenty Cigarettes (2011)
Released in 2011, Twenty Cigarettes is a documentary film (United States of America). It was directed by James Benning and written by James Benning. The cast is led by Sompot Chidgasornpongse, Francesca Sloane, Thom Andersen, Stefan Pascher and Blake Derrington. With a runtime of 1h 39m, the film averages 3.0/10 across 7 TMDB ratings.
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