Los

The documentary shows Los Angeles. The work is made of thirty five shots. Each shot runs two and a half minutes. The camera never moves. It stands still and waits. There is no story being told. There is no narration either. The images come from different parts of the city. There are industrial areas, roads and empty lots. The sound was recorded as it was. The viewer has to build their own way of looking. Each shot stands on its own. The work moves in separate blocks. Time is the real material of the film. The work is the second film of a trilogy. The trilogy is called the California Trilogy. James Benning directed the eighty seven minute documentary. It is an American production finished in 2001.