Les Blank Movies

  • 1974
    A Poem Is a Naked Person

    A Poem Is a Naked Person

    A Poem Is a Naked Person

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    Les Blank's first feature-length documentary captures music and other events at Leon Russell's Oklahoma recording studio during a three-year period (1...

    A Poem Is a Naked Person
  • 2014
    How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy

    How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy

    How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy

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    In the year 2000, Les Blank, along with co-filmmaker Gina Leibrecht, visited Richard Leacock (1921-2011) at his farm in Normandy, France and recorded...

    How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
  • 2016
    Out in the Woods

    Out in the Woods

    Out in the Woods

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    Home video footage shot by Maureen Gosling during the filming of Les Blank's feature "A Poem is a Naked Person".

    Out in the Woods
  • 2008
    Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!

    Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!

    Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!

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    An obsessively-made documentary, filmed over 16 years, exploring the creative life and adventures of the eccentric artist and entrepreneur Harrod Blan...

    Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!
  • 1960
    Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

    Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

    Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

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    Les Blank's first student film, made while at USC, starring Gail Blank, Pieter Van Deusen and Les himself. This short pays homage to Ingmar Bergman's...

    Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
  • 1960
    Here Comes Everybody

    Here Comes Everybody

    Here Comes Everybody

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    This short film features Les Blank (in a rare acting role) and Getachew Abbai. Directed by David Lawrence. This was a student film made at the USC Sch...

    Here Comes Everybody
  • 1985
    Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

    Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

    Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

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    Anthology of six short films, including: Dizzy Gillespie Chicken Real Cigarette Blues God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance Ru...

    Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)