Les Blank information

Les Blank (November 27, 1935 – April 7, 2013) was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians. Leslie...

Burden of Dreams is a 1982 documentary film directed by Les Blank. The film is a making-of documentary about the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's...

of Les Blank, Touki bouki by Djibril Diop Mambéty and the works of Robert Altman as being major influences in style and storytelling. On Les Blank they've...

there. In 1972 after viewing Les Blank’s film, The Blues Accordin’ to Lightnin’ Hopkins, Russell and Cordell hired Blank to film a documentary of the...

American documentary film directed by Les Blank, filmed in 1972–1974 but not publicly released until 2015, after Blank's death. The film is a documentary about...

Good as Ten Mothers is a 1980 documentary film about garlic directed by Les Blank. Its official premiere was at the 1980 Berlin Film Festival. It was filmed...

or subject of documentaries and mockumentaries. He has appeared in two Les Blank documentaries, including Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980), in which...

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe is a short documentary film directed by Les Blank in 1980, that depicts director Werner Herzog living up to his alleged vow...

Cajuns (/ˈkeɪdʒənz/; French: les Cadjins [le kadʒɛ̃] or les Cadiens [le kadjɛ̃]), also known as Louisiana Acadians (French: les Acadiens), are a Louisiana...

nominees. Les Blank's documentary Burden of Dreams (1982), filmed during the production of Fitzcarraldo, documents its many hardships. Blank's work contains...

tribute to Ry Cooder. Also in 1988, Cooder produced and featured in the Les Blank-directed concert documentary film Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces:...

Berkeley, California. He is the son of Gail, a ceramic artist, and filmmaker Les Blank. His works include the 1992 film Wild Wheels, which documents the artcar...

Retrieved 16 May 2016. * Jones, Kevin L. (11 July 2016). "Werner Herzog on Les Blank: "I Do Not Feel that He Has Passed Away"". KQED. The entire interview...

Garlic (disambiguation) Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers. Directed by Les Blank. Garlic oil Garlic powder Garlic salt Garlic sauce Herbalism International...

fill-in-the-blank questions. The original series ran from 18 January 1979 to 12 March 1990 on BBC1, hosted first by Terry Wogan from 1979 until 1983, then by Les...

She is best known for her 20-year collaboration with the late director Les Blank. Gosling was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Her physician father...

posthumously). He was the subject of a short 1971 documentary film by Les Blank, called A Well Spent Life. Following his discovery by McCormick and Strachwitz...

Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, Fitzcarraldo, La Soufrière, and the Les Blank documentary Burden of Dreams. The film is notable for footage of a conversation...

"Blank Space" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the second single from her fifth studio album, 1989 (2014). Swift wrote the...

incorporated into a short documentary, Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe, by Les Blank. Herzog suggested that he hoped the act would serve to encourage anyone...

2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014. Malcolm, Derek (12 January 2000). "Les Blank: Burden of Dreams". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original...

Pepper (1933 film) directed by John G. Blystone Hot Pepper (1973 film) by Les Blank Chili pepper, fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum This disambiguation...