Twenty Cigarettes
Directed by James Benning2011 1h 39mDocumentary
6.03.0
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)
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Twenty Cigarettes was released on February 17, 2011.
Twenty Cigarettes was directed by James Benning.
Twenty Cigarettes has a runtime of 1h 39m.
Twenty Cigarettes was produced by James Benning.
The key characters in Twenty Cigarettes are Himself (Sompot Chidgasornpongse), Herself (Francesca Sloane), Himself (Thom Andersen).
Twenty Cigarettes is a Documentary film.
Twenty Cigarettes has an audience rating of 6 out of 10.