James Benning’s first film called The United States of America was a 1975 trip across the country, capturing its scenery through a car windshield. This second one also crisscrosses the nation, but without a car, carving it up instead into a series of static shots of just under two minutes, one for each state, presented alphabetically, from Heron Bay, Alabama to Kelly, Wyoming. The names of the places are nondescript, but the images attached to them are anything but, immaculately composed shots of landscape, cityscape and the spaces in between. As we move from A to Z, the images coalesce into a portrait of today’s USA, tracing out its fault lines almost in passing: fenced-off facilities, a river bed running dry, factories and refineries, run-down streets and gas stations, a camp under a bridge. The past is there too, seeping up through the songs and speeches that sporadically pierce the background noise or the motifs that evoke a whole career; the clouds, trains and cabins are stand-ins for films, not just states. As always, there’s time for more abstract thoughts too: each image may stand for a state, but representativity is slippery. Which state is more cinematic than the rest?
emmm，乏善可陈，女主和前乐团光头有点看点，当然还又有泳池party部分
黑人男主格外丑，黑人女主格外贰，还有不知道是黑人都这样还是啥，俩人演技浮夸，土味浓厚。。。有种阿三拍的那种土报子模仿美国大片的感觉
最怂的“罪犯”，最吊的“人质” 克莉丝汀死的好可惜 自由的意义是什么？是一切
我对重金属其实无感，但是这孩子鼓打得真好，女孩演技很赞
美国缝纫机乐队。完全儿童剧，夹杂几个毫无必要的裸露镜头和嗑药内容。
恐怖分子太有道义了，但凡狠点可能都结果不一样
Being cool is a fucked up idea in high school, it’s being whatever makes you popular, it has nothing to do with being really cool, like chasing your passion is the ultimate cool
不是片儿拍得不好，但确实闷，闷到我花了四周分了五次才看完，谢天谢地its down.
威胁白人至上的白人也得死，好讽刺
中二的青春，自由的灵魂，简简单单，但看得很开心
电影本身3星，metal属性加一星。汤姆和罗博的客串还挺搞笑的。
导演应该是曼德拉的后代，拍的不太好。中间有些事情交代的不清楚
自由的代价，黑人主演那种绝望中硬撑中狠厉，太让我印象深刻了。南非，如果有机会想去看看。
没有新颖
不是片儿拍得不好，但确实闷，闷到我花了四周分了五次才看完，谢天谢地its down.
看着不尴尬就挺好，重金属在国外也不是主流啊！
居然能我让我对重金属产生一种强烈的代入感，这片做到了。
笑点和燃点都在最后的battle of band上
What is the price of freedom？
逃离吧，跑得远远的，最远的地方就是那人群中，往那儿去吧
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