Les Blank: Always for Pleasure, the Criterion Collection – DVD and BluRay

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The Criterion Collection 737 / Available in BLU-RAY and DVD (Region 1) / 14 films / 5 shorts / TRT: 563 minutes. The Blues Accordin’ to Lightnin’ Hopkins (1968); God Respects Us When We Work, but Loves Us When We Dance (1968); Spend It All (1971); A Well Spent Life (1971); Dry Wood (1973); Hot Pepper (1973); Always for Pleasure (1978); Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers (1980); Sprout Wings and Fly (1983); In Heaven There Is No Beer? (1984); Gap-Toothed Women (1987); Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of Cajun and Creole Cooking (1990); The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists (1994); and Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella (1995) .

Also, related shorts by Blank: The Sun’s Gonna Shine (1968); Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge (1991); My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge (1994); The Maestro Rides Again! (2005); and Lagniappe (2006) .

Excerpt from Les Blank: A Quiet Revelation, a film project by Harrod Blank and Gina Leibrecht. //

New interviews with Blank’s sons, subjects, collaborators and friends including Werner Herzog, Alice Waters, and Chris Strachwitz.