{"id":18861,"date":"2022-04-27T13:30:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T11:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fsk-kino.peripherfilm.de\/?p=18861"},"modified":"2022-06-12T18:25:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T16:25:19","slug":"the-united-states-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsk-kino.peripherfilm.de\/en\/the-united-states-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"The United States of America"},"content":{"rendered":"

A film by James Benning<\/em>. In English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Credits<\/a>] [Tickets &<\/span> Termine<\/a>] [Trailer<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Benning\u2019s first film cal\u00adled The United States of America<\/em> was a 1975 trip across the coun\u00adtry, cap\u00adtu\u00adring its sce\u00adn\u00adery through a car winds\u00adhield. This second one also cris\u00adscros\u00adses the nati\u00adon, but wit\u00adhout a car, car\u00adving it up ins\u00adtead into a series of sta\u00adtic shots of just under two minu\u00adtes, one for each sta\u00adte, pre\u00adsen\u00adted alpha\u00adbe\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly, from Heron Bay, Alabama to Kelly, Wyoming. The names of the places are non\u00adde\u00adscript, but the images atta\u00adched to them are any\u00adthing but, imma\u00adcu\u00adl\u00adate\u00adly com\u00adpo\u00adsed shots of land\u00adscape, city\u00adscape and the spaces in bet\u00adween. As we move from A to Z, the images coale\u00ads\u00adce into a por\u00adtrait of today\u2019s USA<\/span>, tra\u00adcing out its fault lines almost in pas\u00adsing: fen\u00adced-off faci\u00adli\u00adties, a river bed run\u00adning dry, fac\u00adto\u00adries and refi\u00adne\u00adries, run-down streets and gas sta\u00adti\u00adons, a camp under a bridge. The past is the\u00adre too, see\u00adping up through the songs and spee\u00adches that spo\u00adra\u00addi\u00adcal\u00adly pier\u00adce the back\u00adground noi\u00adse or the motifs that evo\u00adke a who\u00adle care\u00ader; the clouds, trains and cab\u00adins are stand-ins for films, not just sta\u00adtes. As always, there\u2019s time for more abs\u00adtract thoughts too: each image may stand for a sta\u00adte, but repre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty is slip\u00adpery. Which sta\u00adte is more cine\u00adma\u00adtic than the rest?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Credits<\/strong>:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
USA<\/span> 2022, 98 Min.,  eng\u00adli\u00adsche<\/em> OmU
Regie: James Benning<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>Trailer<\/strong>:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n
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The United States of America | Clip | Berlinale 2022<\/div><\/div>
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