Since the late 1970s, James Benning's films have been a regular fixture at festivals in Germany and Austria, while frequent television broadcasts have helped expose his work to an even larger audience here than perhaps at home. This 2-disc set presents the products of this intercontinental relationship: Ruhr, Benning's first foray into digital filmmaking, is a modern-day «city symphony» dedicated to Germany's industrial Ruhr district. His latest work, natural history, is an audiovisual portrait commissioned by Vienna's Natural History Museum. Reinhard Wulf's feature-length documentary James Benning: Circling the Image, produced for German television, rounds off the set.
DVD 1
Ruhr, Germany 2009
Fire & Rain: Viennale Trailer 2009
DVD2
natural history, Austria 2014
James Benning: Circling the Image, Reinhald Wulf, Germany 2003
Language English Subtitles deutsch
Length 122 | 77 min. Screen format 1.78:1 – 16/9 | 1.33:1 – 4/3 Sound Dolby Digital 2.0 Age 14 Region code 0 – PAL
Bonus Documentary James Benning: Circling the Image (84 min.), 28 page Booklet
