
TenSkies<br/> DirectedbyJamesBenning.<br/> US2004,16mm,color,109min.<br/> FilmedaroundValVerde,California,thisseriesofskyscapesgracefullyvisualizeshumancivilization'sinteractionwith,andimpacton,thelandscape.TheskiesandcloudformationschosenbyBenningareaffectedbypollutionfromanindustrialfactory,jettrails,andsmokefromanaccidentalwildfire,allclearlylegibleuponthefirmament.Andyet,despitetheseominousenvironmentalundercurrents,BenningconceivedTenSkiesasananti-warfilm,describinghisworktobe"abouttheantithesisofwar,[about]thekindofbeautywe'redestroying."Thisintentionisaffirmedinthereflectiveserenityofhisimages;thevaryingtones,texturesandcolorsoftheatmosphere,andtheshiftingtransformationsofbillowingcloudsthatproduceastonishingperceptualrevelationsaboutscale,ephemerality,andthecinematicframe.<br/> <ahref="https://www.douban.com/link2/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcl.harvard.edu%2Fhfa%2Ffilms%2F2009marapr%2Fbenning.html&link2key=ff3a505ae6"target="_blank"rel="nofollow">http://hcl.harvard.e<wbr/>du/hfa/films/2009mar<wbr/>apr/benning.html</a>

