RR

 

Seen either as a precise visual critique of the destructive legacy of the railroad on the American landscape, or as a marvelous montage honoring the mesmerizing beauty of trains in motion, RR may be the final word on the American rails. True to Benning's long career as a leading experimental and structuralist filmmaker fascinated with the processes of land, sky and time, the film comprises 43 fixed shots of (with one exception) freight and passenger trains. Usually in vast rural settings (man [...]

Duration

118 min

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