James Benning’s first film called The United States of America was a 1975 trip across the country, capturing its scenery through a car windshield. This second one also crisscrosses the nation, but without a car, carving it up instead into a series of static shots of just under two minutes, one for each state, presented alphabetically, from Heron Bay, Alabama to Kelly, Wyoming. The names of the places are nondescript, but the images attached to them are anything but, immaculately composed shots of landscape, cityscape and the spaces in between. As we move from A to Z, the images coalesce into a portrait of today’s USA, tracing out its fault lines almost in passing: fenced-off facilities, a river bed running dry, factories and refineries, run-down streets and gas stations, a camp under a bridge. The past is there too, seeping up through the songs and speeches that sporadically pierce the background noise or the motifs that evoke a whole career; the clouds, trains and cabins are stand-ins for films, not just states. As always, there’s time for more abstract thoughts too: each image may stand for a state, but representativity is slippery. Which state is more cinematic than the rest?
还行吧，圣诞背景的男同爱情电影。还挺甜，就很热闹
男·同志的圣诞电影 整个家庭对gay的理解和支持 营造的温馨感满满的 一直在一起生活的gay 也会有相处久了才发现最适合的人就在身边的感觉
好喜欢这种合家欢的圣诞电影！落入俗套我也喜欢！ 什么时候我爸妈也会在除夕催我找男朋友啊 我会立马去找
剧情很弱，但是男主真的颜值太高了anyway比较适合圣诞节单身gay看的电影。
“Cute but not very realistic”, said by both of us
是时候再重复下我在今年年初时的flag之一了：希望今年新认识的小伙子们哪怕不喜欢我，也不要全部都是喜欢男性的😀我没有任何意见但确实真的太挤压我的发展空间了
Can’t stop smiling the whole movie
很老套但是场景设计很美，就是这对太姐妹了惹，磕不起来。
Gay Rom-con is still corny Rom-con
人设和故事那么浪漫的James&Peter be，突然和jm搞上，not convincing
感觉被封面欺骗了……不过还算有爱温暖，但没有灵魂。
过节看看这张电影也是挺快乐的 特别是在国外
就……大家套男女关系到gay身上还要套多久……我看不懂了nick 就是很棒啊
人设和故事那么浪漫的James&Peter be，突然和jm搞上，not convincing
我猜圣诞期间看一部平淡不好不坏的平淡电影……也还行吧
为了男神卢克和迈克尔多打一星吧！故事情节流畅，双男主形式还可以，又是一波单身狗粮！
黑人男友像是亨利和卢卡斯莫拉的结合体lol
好温暖的圣诞调电影～反正我很喜欢hhhhh
给这部打个高分～冬天就应该在被窝里看甜甜的电影，没有觉得黑白配有什么违和感，节奏也很舒服，总之有被甜到
给这部打个高分～冬天就应该在被窝里看甜甜的电影，没有觉得黑白配有什么违和感，节奏也很舒服，总之有被甜到
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