Still from Landscape Suicide — Landscape Suicide (1986) — James BenningPhotographed by James Benning

James Benning

Landscape Suicide

Name: Landscape Suicide
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1986
Duration: 95 min

English / 1986 / 1h 35m

Not streamingNot currently on the Criterion Channel.

Crime Drama

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Synopsis

Benning continues his examination of Americana in this film through the stories of two murderers. Ed Gein was a Wisconsin farmer and multiple murderer who taxidermied his victims in the 1950s. Bernadette Protti was a California teenager who stabbed a friend to death over an insult in 1984.

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Credits

Crew

DirectorJames Benning

Writer

Cast

Rhonda Bellas Bernadette Protti

Elion Sucheras Ed Gein

Eve E. Ellisas Tennis Player

Lisbeth Jettonas Girl on Phone

Pegge Winslowas Woman Dancing

John Benningas Hunter

Rusty Johnsonas Man at Farm

Dorothy Zeidmanas Narrator (voice)

Chris Cordesas FBI Interrogator (voice)

Ira Shapiroas Attorney (voice)

Ron Vawteras Prosecutor (voice)