Screening Room with Les Blank (1973) - PREVIEW

Beginning with The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins in 1969, Les Blank has become known for his films about indigenous southern music and other topics. He has received major awards including the British Academy Award for Burden of Dreams, about Werner Herzog and the making of Fitzcarraldo, top prizes at the Melbourne Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival for In Heaven There is No Beer?, and the Maya Deren Award for lifetime achievement as an independent filmmaker. Les Blank, along with music writer Peter Guralnick, appeared on Screening Room in 1973 to discuss his recent work and screen The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins, and footage from what later comprised Dry Wood and Hot Pepper.

Visit his personal website: http://www.lesblank.com/main.html

from the Screening Room series
by Robert Gardner

Previously distributed by Documentary Educational Resources

Category:

Film & Animation

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• boston
• screening room
• robert gardner
• documentary
• tv

[peebowl246]

just discovered im to.. wowww

[jenzeppelin]

Just discovered Les's work recently and I am completely blown away. Indeed, he is an incredible filmmaker. I wish it hadn't taken me this long to discover him.

[TEXGLAM]

as one film maker friend stated. "he is the last of the mohicans" A very highly regarded film maker who has a certain sensitivity to honor the individual's voice and essence who he is filming.

[pjbrubak]

I am a 28 year old documentary filmmaker who has been a fan of Les Blank long before I found my current path. I ran into Les once in 2002 in Durham, North Carolina and then again two weeks ago at the Film Forum in NY. I guess you could say he is my greatest inspiration in terms of my documentary work. The way he documented various ethnic and esoteric subcultures in our multi-faceted country makes him not only a great patriot but a sensitive artist and historian. Thank you Les love your films