简介：TenSkies DirectedbyJamesBenning. US2004,16mm,color,109min. 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. http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2009marapr/benning.html…