Imagina / little boy / USA 2025
No-one shoots like James Benning. Here, the master of contemplative film, whose inner life is much richer than the static shots might initially suggest, dons a more conspicuous suit of political armour and unexpectedly loads his soundtrack with songs – from Sinéad O’Connor and Tracy Chapman to Ricky Nelson. What began 81 million years ago emerged into a bleak 20th century, full of political speeches which often ended merely in words and nothing more. little boy is a stroll through both the director’s and historical memory; watching it is like assembling a construction kit of Benning’s life and much else besides. The dinosaurs got it over with; when’s our turn?
Viktor Palák
73 min / Color, DCP
Director James Benning
/ Cast Johnan Jahromi, Alessandro Streccioni, Yusef Ferguson, Yuan Gao, Nelson De Los Santos, Calum Walter, Nathan Meier, James Benning
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James Benning (1942, Milwaukee, USA). Selected filmography: 11 x 14 (1976), Landscape Suicide (1986), Four Corners (1997), 13 Lakes (2004), Twenty Cigarettes (2011), Stemple Pass (2012), Natural History (2014), Maggie’s Farm (2019), The United States of America (2021), Allensworth (2022), little boy (2025).
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