One Way Boogie Woogie 2012 (2012)
One Way Boogie Woogie 2012 (2012)
DVDRip | MKV | 720x576 | x264 @ 2484 Kbps | 90 min | 1,71 Gb
Audio: Ambient AC3 2.0 @ 224 Kbps | Subs: Not needed - No Dialogues
Genre: Art-house, Documentary
DVDRip | MKV | 720x576 | x264 @ 2484 Kbps | 90 min | 1,71 Gb
Audio: Ambient AC3 2.0 @ 224 Kbps | Subs: Not needed - No Dialogues
Genre: Art-house, Documentary
Director: James Benning
Writer: James Benning
One Way Boogie Woogie was James Benning's first feature-length film, shot in 1977. It set the tone for his future career as a film-maker who invites us to pay close attention to the details of the world, and to parts of our cities that we ordinarily pass by. Benning's films are often chains of beautifully composed, long static shots of the urban landscape. Each offers a subtle story about the way we live now, or an oblique look at the history of America in our lifetimes.
One Way Boogie Woogie has been called "unique in the history of American documentary film" for its uncompromising stare at the realities of American life. The film was shot in the industrial valley of Benning's home town of Milwaukee in Wisconsin. Thirty five years after making the original film, Benning has returned to Milwaukee to recreate a new version, One Way Boogie Woogie 2012.
In late May of 2011 I returned to Milwaukee to make a third version. This one was shot with a Sony HD camera. For this second re-make I decided to go back to the original idea, that is, to simply document the architecture in Milwaukee’s industrial valley. I searched for buildings that looked like the ones from 1977. I found 18 of them. A few of them are also in the original 1977 film, and the others look as if they could have been. I then decided to shoot each of these building for five minutes. I felt a longer duration was necessary to study their true presence. During filming a few fortuitous events occurred that reminded me of the constructed minimal narratives of the original film, so I decided to add one constructed narrative (myself as the actor) to this latest film, ONE WAY BOOGIE WOOGIE 2012. (James Benning)
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One Way Boogie Woogie 2012 (2012)
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