Les Blank : Always for Pleasure

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Call Number: Adult Blu-ray / Nonfiction / Performing Arts / Les Blank: Always for Pleasure, Blu-ray 791.43 Le
On Shelf At: Westgate Branch

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Originally produced as motion pictures, 1968-1994.
Special features include: disc 1. The sun's gonna shine; Mr. Charlie, your rollin' mill is burnin' down; Lightnin' Les; Making Lightnin'; An appreciation by Taylor Hackford; Flower power; An appreciation by Werner Herzog; No man like Mance; Meeting Mance; A cultural celebration; Excerpt from "Les Blank : a quiet revelation", a film project by Harrod Blank and Gina Leibrecht -- disc 2. Lagniappe; Celebrating a city; For the love of garlic; Remembering Les; My old fiddle : a visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge; Julie : old time tales of the Blue Ridge; An elemental approach -- disc 3. Polka happiness; Mind the gap; Marc and Les; The maestro rides again!; The maestro; Art for art's sake; A master percussionist.
disc 1. The blues accordin' to Lightin' Hopkins / a film by Les Blank with Skip Gerson (31 min.) -- God respects us when we work, but He loves us when we dance / film by Les Blank, Skip Gerson (20 min.) -- Spend it all / a film by Les Blank with Skip Gerson (43 min.) -- A well-spent life / a film by Les Blank with Skip Gerson (44 min.) -- Dry wood / a film by Les Blank with Maureen Gosling (37 min.) --
disc 2. Hot pepper / a film by Les Blank (54 min.) -- Always for pleasure / produced and directed, photographed and edited by Les Blank (57 min.) -- Garlic is as good as ten mothers / a film by Les Blank (50 min.) -- Sprout wings and fly / a film by Les Blank ... [et al.] (30 min.) --
disc 3. In heaven there is no beer? / a film by Les Blank with Maureen Gosling (49 min.) -- Gap-toothed women / a film by Les Blank ... [et al.] (31 min.) -- Yum, yum, yum! A taste of the Cajun and Creole cooking of Louisiana / a film by Les Blank with Maureen Gosling (31 min.) -- The maestro : king of the cowboy artists / a film by Les Blank, Maureen Gosling, Chris Simon (53 min.) -- Sworn to the drum : a tribute to Francisco Aguabella / a film by Les Blank (34 min.).
This collector's set provides a diverse survey of Les Blank's vast output, including fourteen of his best-known works and eight related short films.
Blu-ray disc; mono or stereo, full screen 1.33:1.
Produced for Region A (North America, South America, Central America, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia).

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Charmer submitted by jibkidder on July 28, 2022, 7:02am Charming, aged doc about the social traditions of New Orleans. Great footage of Second Line music. He has a certain way of lightly drifting around.