The United States of America (1975)
- Directed by
- James Benning
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 27 min
- Rating
- 7.8 of 10 from 11 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
The film is a series of static shots showing various places and buildings across the United States. There is no dialogue or narrative story.
contemplativeminimaliststaticobservationalquietfragmented
What happens
The United States of America is a 1975 film by James Benning and Bette Gordon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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