From the shady suburban hills of California, to the snow-covered fields of Wisconsin and everywhere in between, America is a nation who’s humanity is consistently fractured by unspeakable, often times thoroughly puzzling acts of violence and cruelty. Monotony, hatred, confusion, narcissism, psychopathy, pain, lust, greed, hatred, jealousy, trauma, misdirection, environmental factors—these are but a small sum of the large list of possibilities for these heinous and vile acts. James Benning examines America as if it were a painting, with every frame of this masterstroke worthy of a spot on your wall.
Blending starkly impressionistic frames which magnificently capture the topography of two distinctly different geographic locations, with unembellished recreations of interviews from two real-life American murderers (Ed Gein and Bernadette Protti),…