Eight Bridges
Sunday, October 18, 2026 to Monday, October 19, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center, Screen 1
screening
An extended, observational examination of eight different bridges across the United States, landmark experimentalist James Benning offers a stunning entry into his "numbered" cycle of films—including Ten Skies (2004), 13 Lakes (2004), and Twenty Cigarettes (2011). Following a similar formula to those pathbreaking works, Eight Bridges is composed of eight, 10-minute static shots that invite audiences to look at, listen to, and contemplate these structures in all of their astonishing, harrowing complexity. A monumental, mesmerising, hypnotic study of light, movement, and American infrastructure. Director James Benning scheduled to attend. Language: No Dialogue. Run Time: 82 minutes.
Showtimes: Sun, Oct 18, 3:30 PM; Mon, Oct 19, 5:15 PM
Get tickets ($26.00. Festival passes can be used for this screening.)