Document: director as subject: Blank, Les / Document: film production year: 1969 and 1973

1. A well spent life: Les Blank's celebrations on film

Record type:

document

Document type:

article

Document author(s):

Andrew Horton

Publication date:

Spring 1982

Document source:

University of California Press Journals Division. Film Quarterly''University of California Press Journals Division. Film Quarterly

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

10

Related films:

The blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins — Blank, Les — United States — 1969
Spend it all — Blank, Les — United States — 1971
A well spent life — Blank, Les — United States — 1971
Dry Wood — Blank, Les — United States — 1973
Hot pepper — Blank, Les — United States — 1973
Chulas fronteras — Blank, Les — United States — 1976
Always for pleasure — Blank, Les — United States — 1978
Del mero corazon (Straight from the heart) — Blank, Les — United States — 1979
Garlic is as good as ten mothers — Blank, Les; Gosling, Maureen — United States — 1980
Werner Herzog eats his shoe — Blank, Les — United States — 1980
Burden of dreams — Blank, Les — United States — 1982
In heaven there is no beer? — Blank, Les — United States — 1984

2. An unusual double-bill

Record type:

document

Document type:

review

Document author(s):

Joel Selvin

Document source:

San Francisco Chronicle

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

1

Related films:

Reggae — Ové, Horace — No country known — 1969
Hot pepper — Blank, Les — United States — 1973

3. Blank, Les

Record type:

document

Document type:

distributor materials

Publication date:

1988

Document source:

Canyon Cinema

Document contains:

cost info

Number of pages:

3

Related films:

Dizzy Gillespie — Blank, Les — United States — 1964
God respects us when we work, but he loves us when we dance — Blank, Les — United States — 1968
The sun's gonna shine — Blank, Les — United States — 1968
The blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins — Blank, Les — United States — 1969
Chicken real — Blank, Les — United States — 1969
Spend it all — Blank, Les — United States — 1971
A well spent life — Blank, Les — United States — 1971
Dry Wood — Blank, Les — United States — 1973
Hot pepper — Blank, Les — United States — 1973
Chulas fronteras — Blank, Les — United States — 1976
Always for pleasure — Blank, Les — United States — 1978
Del mero corazon (Straight from the heart) — Blank, Les — United States — 1979
Garlic is as good as ten mothers — Blank, Les; Gosling, Maureen — United States — 1980
Werner Herzog eats his shoe — Blank, Les — United States — 1980
Burden of dreams — Blank, Les — United States — 1982
Sprout wings and fly — Blank, Les; Conway, Cece; Gerrard, Alice — United States — 1983

4. Les Blank

Record type:

document

Document type:

distributor materials

Publication date:

1992

Document source:

Canyon Cinema

Document contains:

cost info, distribution co, and production co

Number of pages:

5

Related films:

Dizzy Gillespie — Blank, Les — United States — 1964
God respects us when we work, but he loves us when we dance — Blank, Les — United States — 1968
The sun's gonna shine — Blank, Les — United States — 1968
The blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins — Blank, Les — United States — 1969
Chicken real — Blank, Les — United States — 1969
Spend it all — Blank, Les — United States — 1971
A well spent life — Blank, Les — United States — 1971
Dry Wood — Blank, Les — United States — 1973
Hot pepper — Blank, Les — United States — 1973
Chulas fronteras — Blank, Les — United States — 1976
Always for pleasure — Blank, Les — United States — 1978
Del mero corazon (Straight from the heart) — Blank, Les — United States — 1979
Garlic is as good as ten mothers — Blank, Les; Gosling, Maureen — United States — 1980
Werner Herzog eats his shoe — Blank, Les — United States — 1980
Stoney knows how — Govenar, Alan; Lane, Pacho — United States — 1981
Burden of dreams — Blank, Les — United States — 1982
Sprout wings and fly — Blank, Les; Conway, Cece; Gerrard, Alice — United States — 1983
In heaven there is no beer? — Blank, Les — United States — 1984
Cigarette blues — Blank, Les; Govenar, Alan — United States — 1985
Ziveli! Medicine for the heart — Blank, Les — United States — 1987
In the land of the owl turds — Blank, Harrod — No country known — 1987
Gap-toothed women — Blank, Les; Gosling, Maureen — United States — 1988

5. Les Blank - Flower Films

Record type:

document

Document type:

distributor materials

Document source:

Flower Films

Document contains:

distribution co and production co

Number of pages:

16

Related films:

Dizzy Gillespie — Blank, Les — United States — 1964
God respects us when we work, but he loves us when we dance — Blank, Les — United States — 1968
The sun's gonna shine — Blank, Les — United States — 1968
The blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins — Blank, Les — United States — 1969
Spend it all — Blank, Les — United States — 1971
A well spent life — Blank, Les — United States — 1971
Dry Wood — Blank, Les — United States — 1973
Hot pepper — Blank, Les — United States — 1973
The tree of life — Lane, Pacho — United States — 1973
Chulas fronteras — Blank, Les — United States — 1976
Always for pleasure — Blank, Les — United States — 1978
Del mero corazon (Straight from the heart) — Blank, Les — United States — 1979
Garlic is as good as ten mothers — Blank, Les; Gosling, Maureen — United States — 1980
Werner Herzog eats his shoe — Blank, Les — United States — 1980
Christopher Tree — Blank, Les — United States — No year known

6. Les Blank blues & Cajun film series

Record type:

document

Document type:

distributor materials

Document source:

Blank, Les, Filmmaker-Distributor

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

2

Related films:

The sun's gonna shine — Blank, Les — United States — 1968
The blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins — Blank, Les — United States — 1969
Spend it all — Blank, Les — United States — 1971
A well spent life — Blank, Les — United States — 1971
Dry Wood — Blank, Les — United States — 1973
Hot pepper — Blank, Les — United States — 1973

7. Les Blank's American voices

Record type:

document

Document type:

distributor materials

Document source:

Flower Films

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, distribution co, and production co

Number of pages:

8

Related films:

The blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins — Blank, Les — United States — 1969
Hot pepper — Blank, Les — United States — 1973
Chulas fronteras — Blank, Les — United States — 1976
Always for pleasure — Blank, Les — United States — 1978
Sprout wings and fly — Blank, Les; Conway, Cece; Gerrard, Alice — United States — 1983
In heaven there is no beer? — Blank, Les — United States — 1984
Ziveli! Medicine for the heart — Blank, Les — United States — 1987
J'ai été au bal — Blank, Les; Strachwitz, Chris — United States — 1989
Puamana — Blank, Les — United States — 1991
Sworn to the drum: a tribute to Francisco Aguabella — Blank, Les — United States — 1995

8. New American filmmakers - selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art Film Program

Record type:

document

Document type:

booklet

Publication date:

1976

Document source:

American Federation of Arts

Number of pages:

97

Related films:

The connection — Clarke, Shirley — United States — 1961
Portrait of Jason — Clarke, Shirley — United States — 1967
David holzman's diary — McBride, Jim — No country known — 1967
One p.m. — Pennebaker, D. A. — France — 1969
The blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins — Blank, Les — United States — 1969
My girlfriend's wedding — McBride, Jim — United States — 1970
Wanda — Loden, Barbara — No country known — 1970
Brazil a report on torture — Landau, Saul; Wexler, Haskell — No country known — 1971
Directed by John Ford — Bogdanovich, Peter — United States — 1971
Conversations in Vermont — Frank, Robert — United States — 1971
The murder of Fred Hampton — Alk, Howard — No country known — 1971
Angela Davis: portrait of a revolutionary — Du Luart, Yolande — United States; France — 1972
Winter soldier — Winterfilm Collective — No country known — 1972
Dry Wood — Blank, Les — United States — 1973
Antonia: a portrait of the woman — Godmilow, Jill; Collins, Judy — United States — 1974
Rivers of sand — Gardner, Robert — United States — 1974

9. The art of filmmaking: Les Blank

Record type:

document

Document type:

interview

Document author(s):

Jonathan Marlow

Publication date:

April 8, 2013

Document source:

Fandor

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

11

Related films:

Det sjunde inseglet (The seventh seal) — Bergman, Ingmar — Sweden — 1957
God respects us when we work, but he loves us when we dance — Blank, Les — United States — 1968
The blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins — Blank, Les — United States — 1969
Spend it all — Blank, Les — United States — 1971
Dry Wood — Blank, Les — United States — 1973
Hot pepper — Blank, Les — United States — 1973
A poem is a naked person — Blank, Les — United States — 1974
Chulas fronteras — Blank, Les — United States — 1976
Del mero corazon (Straight from the heart) — Blank, Les — United States — 1979
Garlic is as good as ten mothers — Blank, Les; Gosling, Maureen — United States — 1980
Werner Herzog eats his shoe — Blank, Les — United States — 1980
Burden of dreams — Blank, Les — United States — 1982
Ziveli! Medicine for the heart — Blank, Les — United States — 1987
Gap-toothed women — Blank, Les; Gosling, Maureen — United States — 1988
J'ai été au bal — Blank, Les; Strachwitz, Chris — United States — 1989
All in this tea — Blank, Les; Leibrecht, Gina — United States — 2007

10. [News release] March 1973

Record type:

document

Document type:

press release

Publication date:

3/1/1973

Document source:

Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive

Document contains:

production co

Number of pages:

5

Related films:

Ibun sarutobi sasuke (Samurai spy) — Shinoda, Masahiro — Japan — 1965
La fiancée du pirate (A very curious girl) — Kaplan, Nelly — France — 1969
La cicatrice intérieure (The inner scar) — Garrel, Philippe — France — 1970
Petit à petit (Little by little) — Rouch, Jean — France — 1971
Coup pour coup — Karmitz, Marin — France — 1972
Athanor — Garrel, Philippe — France — 1972
Rak (Cancer) — Belmont, Charles — France — 1972
Dry Wood — Blank, Les — United States — 1973

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