American Dreams: Lost and Found

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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]

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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. ↑ "American Dreams: Lost and Found (1984)". Film Affinity.
  2. ↑ MacDonald, Scott (August 27, 2007). "TESTING YOUR PATIENCE: AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES BENNING".
  3. ↑ Adventures of Perception: Cinema as Exploration - Google Books (pgs.69-70)
  4. ↑ Stephens, Courtney (July 12, 2021). "The Longhand Film". Filmmaker Magazine.
  5. ↑ Sachs, Kathleen (March 21, 2025). ":: FRIDAY, MARCH 21 - THURSDAY, MARCH 27 ::". CINEFILE.info.
  6. ↑ "SFF Retrospective: James Benning – An Outsider Visionary". 4:3. June 19, 2014.
  7. ↑ "American Dreams (1984)". MUBI.
  8. ↑ "American Dreams (lost & found) / Landscape Suicide". Gartenberg Media Enterprises.
  9. ↑ "Filmmuseum - American Dreams (lost and found)". www.filmmuseum.at.
  10. ↑ "Darkest Americana & Elsewhere I – SFCinematheque".
  11. ↑ "James Benning". ABC Radio National. June 12, 2014.
  12. ↑ Theodore Xenophontos (October 2022). "American History Recontextualized: James Benning's American Dreams (Lost and Found)". Found Footage Magazine. No. 8.
  13. ↑ "James Benning (from FILM: THE FRONT LINE 1983) | Jonathan Rosenbaum". jonathanrosenbaum.net.
  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 Vidéo Paris.
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