Landscape Suicide (1986)

  • NR
  • 10/28/1986 (US)
  • Crime, Drama
  • 1h 35m

Overview

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.

James Benning

Director, Writer

Cast

Rhonda Bell's headshot

Rhonda Bell

Bernadette Protti
Elion Sucher's headshot

Elion Sucher

Ed Gein
Eve E. Ellis's headshot

Eve E. Ellis

Tennis Player
Lisbeth Jetton's headshot

Lisbeth Jetton

Girl on Phone
Pegge Winslow's headshot

Pegge Winslow

Woman Dancing
John Benning's headshot

John Benning

Hunter
Rusty Johnson's headshot

Rusty Johnson

Man at Farm
Dorothy Zeidman's headshot

Dorothy Zeidman

Narrator (voice)

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