Six short films by Les Blank 1960-1985.
(DVD)
Contributors
Blank, Les, director.
Govenar, Alan B., 1952- director.
Gerson, Skip, director.
Blank, Gail, director.
Van Deusen, Pieter, director.
Govenar, Alan B., 1952- director.
Gerson, Skip, director.
Blank, Gail, director.
Van Deusen, Pieter, director.
Published
El Cerrito, Calif. : Flower Films, [2005].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 DVD (83 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Lawson McGhee Library - Media collection
DVD 791.4375 SIX
1 available
DVD 791.4375 SIX
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lawson McGhee Library - Media collection | DVD 791.4375 SIX | On Shelf |
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Published
El Cerrito, Calif. : Flower Films, [2005].
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"DVD-R disc: may not be compatible with all DVD players"--Container.
General Note
Title from disc label.
Creation/Production Credits
Camera, Les Blank ; editing, Maureen Gosling and John Davis (1st work), Les Blank (2nd and 5th works) ; music, Spontaneous Combustion (4th work), Dizzy Gillespie and his Quintet (5th work).
Participants/Performers
Sonny Rhodes and the Texas Twisters (1st work); Lightnin' Hopkins and Wendell Anderson (3rd work).
Description
Cigarette blues: "Oakland bluesman Sonny Rhodes sings Cigarette blues, a musical warning that compares cigarette smoking with playing with a loaded gun"--lesblank.com.
Description
Chicken real: "A surrealistic (and often hilarious) look at a large-scale chicken farm that produces 156 million chickens a year"--lesblank.com.
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The sun's gonna shine: "A lyrical recreation of Lightnin' Hopkins' decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start singing for a living"--lesblank.com.
Description
God respects us when we work, but he loves us when we dance: "Hippies and flower children dance and create rituals at the historic Los Angeles "Love-In" of Easter Sunday, 1967. This '60s classic documents a once-in a lifetime phenomenon, preserving all the fashions, energy and idealism of the first alternative lifestyles"--lesblank.com.
Description
Dizzy Gillespie: "Rare images of immortal bebop jazzman Dizzy Gillespie as he talks about his beginnings and music theories -- and blows a lot of hot music on his famous bent horn"--lesblank.com.
Description
Running around like a chicken with its head cut off: "Les Blank's first student film ... an hommage to Ingmar Bergman's Seventh Seal, the film that inspired Blank to become a filmmaker"--lesblank.com.
System Details
DVD, NTSC; stereo.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Blank, L., Govenar, A. B., Gerson, S., Blank, G., Van Deusen, P., Gillespie, D., & Hopkins, L. (2005). Six short films by Les Blank 1960-1985 . Flower Films.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Les, Blank et al.. 2005. Six Short Films By Les Blank 1960-1985. El Cerrito, Calif.: Flower Films.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Les, Blank et al.. Six Short Films By Les Blank 1960-1985 El Cerrito, Calif.: Flower Films, 2005.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Blank, L., Govenar, A. B., Gerson, S., Blank, G., Van Deusen, P., Gillespie, D. and Hopkins, L. (2005). Six short films by les blank 1960-1985. El Cerrito, Calif.: Flower Films.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Blank, Les,, et al. Six Short Films By Les Blank 1960-1985 Flower Films, 2005.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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