Today's guest on West Texas Talk is acclaimed independent filmmaker, James Benning. He is currently in Marfa for an exhibition of his new work entitled, "Thirty-One Friends" at the Marfa Book Company on Saturday, June 20th. Then on Sunday at 7PM, a showing of his work, "Natural History" will play at the Crowley Theater.
Today on the show, James talks about the genesis of this non-film project on exhibit in Marfa, and also his fascination with Jean-Luc Godard, Ted Kaczynski, and Henry David Thoreau, among others.
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