California Trilogy California Trilogy

Produced at the junction of two millennia, the California Trilogy is James Benning's three-part topographical study of America's Golden State. Looking to the past while investigating the present, the mathematician-turned-filmmaker condenses three distinct Californian landscapes into a total of 105 shots, each exactly 2 minutes long. Formal restraint and compositional precision combine with ambient sound and an unheard social commentary to create a hypnotic journey across the 31st US State; from the Great Central Valley (El Valley Centro) through greater Los Angeles (Los) to the Californian wilderness (Sogobi). This 2-disc set presents the complete California Trilogy for the first time ever on DVD.

This double DVD contains:
El Valley Centro, 1999, 87 min
Los, 2000, 87 min
Sogobi, 2001, 87 min


All Edition Filmmuseum DVDs are strictly for private home use. Please contact Osterreichisches Filmmuseum directly for screening rights. Produced at the junction of two millennia, the California Trilogy is James Benning's three-part topographical study of America's Golden State. Looking to the past while investigating the present, the mathematician-turned-filmmaker condenses three distinct Californian landscapes into a total of 105 shots, each exactly 2 minutes long. Formal restraint and compositional precision combine with ambient sound and an unheard social commentary to create a hypnotic journey across the 31st US State; from the Great Central Valley (El Valley Centro) through greater Los Angeles (Los) to the Californian wilderness (Sogobi). This 2-disc set presents the complete California Trilogy for the first time ever on DVD.

This double DVD contains:
El Valley Centro, 1999, 87 min
Los, 2000, 87 min
Sogobi, 2001, 87 min


All Edition Filmmuseum DVDs are strictly for private home use. Please contact Osterreichisches Filmmuseum directly for screening rights.

16 page bilingual German-English booklet, with texts by Oliver Hanley, Claudia Slaner and James Benning.