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Twenty Cigarettes
Twenty Cigarettes

Twenty Cigarettes

3.3/10

1hr 39mins

Country:US

2011

Documentary
Spoken Languages: English

Overview:

Celebrated for his minimal, monumental landscape studies, James Benning turns to the intimacy of the portrait in his latest film, TWENTY CIGARETTES. Referencing Warhol’s screen tests, 1930s Hollywood glamour, and the disappearing cigarette break, the film captures 20 of Benning’s friends (including filmmaker Sharon Lockhart, cultural theorist Dick Hebdige, and book editor Janet Jenkins) satiating their smoke cravings. Each shot’s length is determined by the time it takes each subject to smoke a cigarette, and over the course of the film a dynamic range of personalities emerges out of an array of physical characteristics, distinctive settings, and personal relationships to the camera. (Amy Beste and Jessica Bardsley)

Budget

$0.00

Production companies

Genre

Documentary

Runtime

1hr 39mins

Rating

3.3/10

Release Date

2011-02-17