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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
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  • 1 h 10 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • FilmBuff
  • 1 h 10 m

Summary This unique documentary focuses on the friendship between director Richard Linklater ("Before Midnight") and experimental filmmaker James Benning, combining filmed conversations and archival material to explore connections between the work and lives of these two American visionaries. [FilmBuff]

Written By: Janine Bazin, André S. Labarthe, Eugenio Renzi

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • FilmBuff
  • 1 h 10 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • FilmBuff
  • 1 h 10 m

Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary This unique documentary focuses on the friendship between director Richard Linklater ("Before Midnight") and experimental filmmaker James Benning, combining filmed conversations and archival material to explore connections between the work and lives of these two American visionaries. [FilmBuff]

Written By: Janine Bazin, André S. Labarthe, Eugenio Renzi

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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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88
Jul 15, 2014
Between their wildly different bodies of work, a shared appeal emerges: to stop, look, listen, and consider not just what's in front of you, but also where it came from and where it might be going.
By Steve Macfarlane FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 15, 2014
It's less interesting watching them do what they both feel they have to do -- talk about their craft -- especially as both give off the prickly energy of artists who would rather create than explain. They're more comfortable asking one another questions, even though the answers are shrugged off humbly.
By Amy Nicholson FULL REVIEW
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Jul 17, 2014
The graceful flow avoids the spoon-feeding of pocket biographies, and even if the material can feel lean at times, Mr. Klinger shepherds along a valuable encounter with a sense of easy, generally uncanned observation.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 15, 2014
Klinger is clearly aiming at a hardcore of filmmakers and cinema students, but even that niche audience will only glean incomplete insights into the methods and motivations of his subjects.
By Stephen Dalton FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 15, 2014
It’s a perfectly pleasant cinema-studies seminar, but one that stops just short of teaching its students anything truly insightful.
By Jen Chaney FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Bando à Parte, Ciné+, Gladys Glover, The Bear
Release Date Jul 18, 2014
Duration 1 h 10 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/BenningLinklater
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Awards

Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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