A well spent life: Les Blank's celebrations on film
- Document author(s):
- Andrew Horton
- Document source:
- University of California Press Journals Division. Film Quarterly''University of California Press Journals Division. Film Quarterly
- Publication date:
- Spring 1982
- Document language:
- English
- Document type:
- article
- Number of pages:
- 10
- Source pagination:
- 25-34
- Document name subject:
- Les Blank, Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, Francis Ford Coppola, and Bruno Barreto
- Document contains:
- production co
- Related films:
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- 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
- Film country(ies):
- United States
- Film language(s):
- English
- Film production company:
- Brazos Films, Flower Films, Les Blank Film, and National Endowment for the Arts
- Film genre(s):
- Biographical (Nonfiction), Documentary, and Short
- Film subject(s):
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- African Americans -- Louisiana
- African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- African Americans -- Texas
- African Americans -- Texas -- Social life and customs
- Ardoin Brothers
- Blues (Music) -- Texas
- Bois-Sec
- Cajun music
- Cajuns -- Social life and customs
- Carnival -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Chenier, Clifton, 1925-
- Cookery (Garlic)
- Cookery -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Ecuador -- Native races
- Fitzcarraldo (Motion picture)
- Food -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Garlic
- Herzog, Werner, 1942-
- Hispanic Americans
- Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-
- Indigenous peoples -- Ecuador
- Indigenous peoples -- Peru
- Jazz -- Texas
- Jimenez, Flaco
- Kinski, Klaus
- Lipscomb, Mance, 1895-1976
- Los Alegres de Teran
- Los Pinguinos del Norte
- Louisiana -- Social life and customs
- Martinez, Narciso, 1911-
- Mendoza, Lydia
- Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Music
- Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Social life and customs
- Morris, Errol
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Motion picture producers and directors -- Germany
- Motion pictures -- Production and direction
- Music -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- New Orleans (La.) -- Social life and customs
- Peru -- Native races
- Polish Americans -- Social life and customs
- Polka (Dance)
- Polkas
- Popular music -- Texas
- Rhythm and blues music -- Texas
- Tejano music
- Tejano musicians
- Texas -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama
- Wild Tchoupitoulas. [performer]
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