Skip to:Content
|
Bottom
Cover image for Les Blank : always for pleasure. Disc 1 [DVD video]
Title:
Les Blank : always for pleasure. Disc 1 [DVD video]
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).
Language:
English
Additional Language:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Added Title:
Blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins [DVD video].

God respects us when we work, but loves us when we dance [DVD video].

Spend it all [DVD video].
Audience:
No rating available.
Holds:
Go to:Top of Page