Les Blank

Les Blank

Les Blank was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians.

  • Popularity : 0.447
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1935-11-27
  • Place of Birth : Tampa, Florida, USA
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Les Blank Movies

  • 1974
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    A Poem Is a Naked Person
    A Poem Is a Naked Person

    7.7 1974 HD

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

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  • 2014
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    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

    5 2014 HD

    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...

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  • 2016
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    Out in the Woods
    Out in the Woods

    1 2016 HD

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

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  • 2008
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    Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!
    Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!

    1 2008 HD

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

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

    4.5 1960 HD

    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...

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  • 1960
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    Here Comes Everybody
    Here Comes Everybody

    1 1960 HD

    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...

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

    1 1985 HD

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

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  • 1991
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    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    7.904 1991 HD

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  • 1962
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    Softball Umpire
    Softball Umpire

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1989
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    I Went to the Dance
    I Went to the Dance

    7.5 1989 HD

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  • 1979
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    Del mero corazón
    Del mero corazón

    5 1979 HD

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  • 1982
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    Burden of Dreams
    Burden of Dreams

    7.545 1982 HD

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  • 1968
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    New Sounds in Music
    New Sounds in Music

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1984
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    In Heaven There Is No Beer?
    In Heaven There Is No Beer?

    6.5 1984 HD

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  • 1980
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    Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
    Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

    7.5 1980 HD

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  • 1989
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    I Went to the Dance
    I Went to the Dance

    7.5 1989 HD

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  • 1987
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    Živeli! Medicine for the Heart
    Živeli! Medicine for the Heart

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1991
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    Innocents Abroad
    Innocents Abroad

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1995
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    The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
    The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

    6 1995 HD

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  • 2007
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    All In This Tea
    All In This Tea

    7 2007 HD

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  • 1973
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    Hot Pepper
    Hot Pepper

    6.5 1973 HD

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  • 1978
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    Always for Pleasure
    Always for Pleasure

    7.3 1978 HD

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  • 1980
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    Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
    Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

    7 1980 HD

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  • 1971
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    A Well Spent Life
    A Well Spent Life

    6.4 1971 HD

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  • 1969
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    String Sounds
    String Sounds

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1987
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    Gap-Toothed Women
    Gap-Toothed Women

    6.6 1987 HD

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  • 1972
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    Spend It All
    Spend It All

    6.6 1972 HD

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  • 1973
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    Dry Wood
    Dry Wood

    6.1 1973 HD

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  • 1985
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    Cigarette Blues
    Cigarette Blues

    6.3 1985 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
    The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

    7.8 1968 HD

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  • 1964
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    Dizzy Gillespie
    Dizzy Gillespie

    6.6 1964 HD

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  • 1983
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    Sprout Wings and Fly
    Sprout Wings and Fly

    5.7 1983 HD

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  • 1995
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    Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella
    Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella

    5.8 1995 HD

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  • 1976
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    Chulas Fronteras
    Chulas Fronteras

    6.6 1976 HD

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  • 1968
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    God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance
    God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance

    5.2 1968 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Sun's Gonna Shine
    The Sun's Gonna Shine

    6.6 1969 HD

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  • 1970
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    Chicken Real
    Chicken Real

    7 1970 HD

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  • 1991
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    Innocents Abroad
    Innocents Abroad

    1 1991 HD

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  • 2014
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    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

    5 2014 HD

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  • 1990
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    Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana
    Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana

    6.7 1990 HD

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  • 1982
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    Burden of Dreams
    Burden of Dreams

    7.545 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Burden of Dreams
    Burden of Dreams

    7.545 1982 HD

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  • 1969
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    Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
    Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down

    8 1969 HD

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  • 2006
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    Lagniappe
    Lagniappe

    4.2 2006 HD

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  • 1991
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    Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge
    Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge

    6.2 1991 HD

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  • 1994
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    My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge
    My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge

    5.8 1994 HD

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  • 2005
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    The Maestro Rides Again
    The Maestro Rides Again

    5.5 2005 HD

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  • 1968
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    Lightnin' Les
    Lightnin' Les

    5 1968 HD

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  • 1995
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    The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
    The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

    6 1995 HD

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  • 1995
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    The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
    The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

    6 1995 HD

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  • 1987
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    Gap-Toothed Women
    Gap-Toothed Women

    6.6 1987 HD

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  • 1974
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    A Poem Is a Naked Person
    A Poem Is a Naked Person

    7.7 1974 HD

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  • 1987
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    In the Land of the Owl Turds
    In the Land of the Owl Turds

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1991
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    Puamana
    Puamana

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1991
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    Marc and Ann
    Marc and Ann

    4 1991 HD

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  • 1984
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    In Heaven There Is No Beer?
    In Heaven There Is No Beer?

    6.5 1984 HD

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  • 1984
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    In Heaven There Is No Beer?
    In Heaven There Is No Beer?

    6.5 1984 HD

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  • 1969
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    Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
    Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down

    8 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
    Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down

    8 1969 HD

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  • 1976
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    Chulas Fronteras
    Chulas Fronteras

    6.6 1976 HD

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

    4.5 1960 HD

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  • 1962
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    And Freedom Came?!
    And Freedom Came?!

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1961
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    Strike!
    Strike!

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1979
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    Del mero corazón
    Del mero corazón

    5 1979 HD

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  • 1987
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    Huey Lewis and the News: Before!
    Huey Lewis and the News: Before!

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    Huey Lewis and the News: Before!
    Huey Lewis and the News: Before!

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1967
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    Christopher Tree
    Christopher Tree

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1987
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    Gap-Toothed Women
    Gap-Toothed Women

    6.6 1987 HD

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  • 1980
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    Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
    Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

    7.5 1980 HD

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  • 1980
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    Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
    Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

    7.5 1980 HD

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  • 1979
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    Del mero corazón
    Del mero corazón

    5 1979 HD

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  • 1974
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    A Poem Is a Naked Person
    A Poem Is a Naked Person

    7.7 1974 HD

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  • 1974
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    A Poem Is a Naked Person
    A Poem Is a Naked Person

    7.7 1974 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Arch
    The Arch

    7.2 1969 HD

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  • 2015
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    Thailand Moment
    Thailand Moment

    1 2015 HD

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  • 1988
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    Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball
    Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball

    10 1988 HD

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  • 1985
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    Cigarette Blues
    Cigarette Blues

    6.3 1985 HD

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

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1971
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    Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion
    Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1987
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    Gap-Toothed Women
    Gap-Toothed Women

    6.6 1987 HD

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  • 1980
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    Poto and Cabengo
    Poto and Cabengo

    6.8 1980 HD

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  • 1967
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    Christopher Tree
    Christopher Tree

    1 1967 HD

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  • 2006
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    Lagniappe
    Lagniappe

    4.2 2006 HD

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  • 1974
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    A Poem Is a Naked Person
    A Poem Is a Naked Person

    7.7 1974 HD

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  • 1983
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    Sprout Wings and Fly
    Sprout Wings and Fly

    5.7 1983 HD

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  • 1965
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    Seven Second Love Affair
    Seven Second Love Affair

    1 1965 HD

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  • 2019
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    Tattoo Uprising
    Tattoo Uprising

    1 2019 HD

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  • 1964
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    Pleasure Faire
    Pleasure Faire

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1988
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    Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball
    Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball

    10 1988 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Ways of Water
    The Ways of Water

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1982
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    Fitzcarraldo
    Fitzcarraldo

    7.6 1982 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
    The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

    7.8 1968 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
    The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

    7.8 1968 HD

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  • 1980
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    Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
    Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

    7 1980 HD

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  • 1980
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    Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
    Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

    7 1980 HD

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  • 1994
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    Hole in the Soul
    Hole in the Soul

    5.2 1994 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Ways of Water
    The Ways of Water

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1972
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    Spend It All
    Spend It All

    6.6 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Spend It All
    Spend It All

    6.6 1972 HD

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  • 1978
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    Always for Pleasure
    Always for Pleasure

    7.3 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    Always for Pleasure
    Always for Pleasure

    7.3 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    Always for Pleasure
    Always for Pleasure

    7.3 1978 HD

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  • 2010
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    Treasure of the Lisu
    Treasure of the Lisu

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    Treasure of the Lisu
    Treasure of the Lisu

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1972
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    Screening Room
    Screening Room

    1 1972 HD

    Independent filmmakers are given a chance to show and discuss their work on a commercial (ABC-TV) affiliate station.

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