Les Blank : always for pleasure. Disc 1 [DVD video]

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Title:

Added Author:

Blank, Les.

Gerson, Skip.

Leibrecht, Gina.

Series:

Criterion collection ; 737

Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 737.

Edition:

DVD edition.

Publication Date:

2014

Publication Information:

[Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

ISBN:

9781604658866

Abstract:

The blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins: A portrait of Texas bluesman Lightin' Hopkins created via a collection of musical performances and oral histories.

God respects us when we work, but loves us when we dance: A look at hippies and flower children as they dance and create rituals during the Los Angeles "Love-In" of Easter Sunday, 1967.

Spend it all: A portrayal of the lives and music of the French-speaking Cajuns of Louisiana.

General Note:

Title from container; disc numbering supplied by cataloguer.

Originally released as documentary films 1968-1971.

Contents:

The blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1968; 32 min.) / a film by Les Blank with Skip Gerson ; a film by Flower Films -- God respects us when we work but he loves us when we dance (1968; 21 min.) / film by Flower Films ; Les Blank, Skip Gerson -- Spend it all (1971; 43 min.) / a film by Les Blank with Skip Gerson ; filmed + edited by Les Blank ; a film by Flower Films -- Les Blank: a quiet revelation (10 min.) / produced & directed by Gina Leibrecht.

Technical Details:

DVD, monaural, fullscreen (1.33:1).

Personal Subject:

Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982.

Subject Term:

Hippies -- California -- Los Angeles.

Cajuns -- Social life and customs.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Short films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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