Twenty Cigarettes

Twenty Cigarettes (2011)

Documentary

Celebrated for his minimal, monumental landscape studies, James Benning turns to the intimacy of the portrait in his latest film, TWENTY CIGARETTES. Referencing Warhol’s screen tests, 1930s Hollywood glamour, and the disappearing cigarette break, the film captures 20 of Benning’s friends (including filmmaker Sharon Lockhart, cultural theorist Dick Hebdige, and book editor Janet Jenkins) satiating their smoke cravings. Each shot’s length is determined by the time it takes each subject to smoke a cigarette, and over the course of the film a dynamic range of personalities emerges out of an array of physical characteristics, distinctive settings, and personal relationships to the camera. (Amy Beste and Jessica Bardsley)

Director: James Benning

Casts

	Sompot Chidgasornpongse as Self
	Francesca Sloane as Self
	Thom Andersen as Self
	Stefan Pascher as Self
	Blake Derrington as Self
	Norma Turner as Self
	Fabian Euresti as Self
	Sharon Lockhart as Self
	Dick Hebdige as Self
	Hye Sung Moon as Self
	Dave Crane as Self
	Janet Jenkins as Self
	Tanya Barber as Self
	Kelman Duran as Self
	Suzan Pitt as Self

Crew