American Dreams: Lost and Found

American Dreams: Lost and Found is a 1984 American experimental film by James Benning about two American individuals (baseball legend Henry Aaron and political assassin Arthur Bremer) chasing the "American Dream".[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Synopsis

The documentary short recounting the history of America from 1954 to 1976 using the director's personal collection of Hank Aaron memorabilia with excerpts from Bremer's diary on the bottom scroll and audio clips from popular songs and news broadcasts of their respective eras.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

Availability

The film was released on DVD by Edition Filmmusuem alongside his 1986 film Landscape Suicide[13][14] in October 2011.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ FilmAffinity
  2. ^ TESTING YOUR PATIENCE: AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES BENNING - Artfourm
  3. ^ Adventures of Perception: Cinema as Exploration - Google Books (pgs.69-70)
  4. ^ The Longhand Film – Filmmaker Magazine
  5. ^ :: FRIDAY, MARCH 21 – THURSDAY, MARCH 27 :: — CINEFILE.info
  6. ^ SFF Retrospective: James Benning – An Outsider Visionary|4:3
  7. ^ MUBI
  8. ^ American Dreams (lost and found)/Landscape Suicide - Gartenberg Media Enterprises
  9. ^ Filmmuseum
  10. ^ Darkest Americana & Elsewhere I - SFCinematheque
  11. ^ James Benning - ABC Radio National
  12. ^ Issue #8 - Found Footage Magazine
  13. ^ James Benning (from FILM: THE FRONT LINE 1983)|Jonathan Rosenbaum
  14. ^ James Benning - American Dreams (lost and found) & Landscape Suicide|Experimental Cinema
  15. ^ James Benning - American Dreams (Lost and Found) and Landscape Suicide - RE:VOIR
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