13 Lakes
- 13 Lakes, 2004
James Benning
USA 2004
16mm, colour, sound, 134min.
In 13 Lakes, James Benning portraits 13 great american lakes in as many calm shots, structured by light and colors, the weather and the seasons, noise and silence. The film tells the story of a landscape, of nature and culture. Seeing an hearing itself become the topic. “13 Lakes is about light. About light falling from the sky onto water. Its about 13 lakes. (...) I was facing the problem, to frame all lakes in the same way (half sky, half water) and capture their singularity at the same time.“ (James Benning)
