Double Play examines the twenty-year friendship of two iconic American independent filmmakers, Richard Linklater, of recent Boyhood fame, and James Benning, renowned durational experimental filmmaker (and native Milwaukeean). Tracing the affinities between these two distinct voices in American independent and experimental cinema, the documentary reveals – in a series of intimate conversations between Benning and Linklater in Austins, Texas over the course of a week – their mutual concerns with time, the everyday, and film as a medium of memory. The film uses rare archival footage to draw connections across their works. Winner of Best Documentary on Cinema at the Venice Film Festival.​

Cosponsored by the UWM Department of Art History, Film Studies Program, Department of Art & Design, and Center for 21st Century Studies

Double Play trailer (YouTube)

David Hudson, “Gabe Klinger’s DOUBLE PLAY: JAMES BENNING AND RICHARD LINKLATER,”Fandor/Keyframe.

Stephen Dalton, “Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater: Venice Review,” The Hollywood Reporter

Also of note
Double Play is the centerpiece in a three-night series of films which includes Linklater’s Slacker and a new program of work by Benning, December 2 – 4, at the UWM Union Theatre.