Les Blank Movies
- 1982
Burden of Dreams
Burden of Dreams7.51982HD
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems...
- 1991
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse7.91991HD
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued...
- 1982
Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo7.61982HD
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an...
- 1980
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers7.51980HD
A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. This lip-smacking foray into the history, consumption, cultivation and culinary/curative...
- 1968
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins7.81968HD
Les Blank's portrait of the great Texas bluesman, 'Lightnin' Hopkins. The film includes interviews and a performance by Hopkins. Preserved by the...
- 1978
Always for Pleasure
Always for Pleasure7.31978HD
An intense insider's portrait of New Orleans' street celebrations and unique cultural gumbo: Second-line parades, Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest. Features...
- 1980
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe71980HD
Directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog living up to his promise that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever...
- 1995
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists61995HD
What happens when a dedicated husband and father quits his job, adopts the persona of a Western-Movie Singing Cowboy, takes on the entire art...
- 1969
The Arch
The Arch7.21969HD
A widow upholds feudal virtue by suppressing her love for a cavalry captain in favor of her daughter.
- 1991
Innocents Abroad
Innocents Abroad01991HD
A warmly amusing look at a bus-full of American tourists on a whirlwind tour of Europe. The eclectic soundtrack includes Mozart, Bob Dylan, Sandy...
- 1973
Hot Pepper
Hot Pepper6.51973HD
Thrilling musical portrait of Zydeco King Clifton Chenier, who combines the pulsating rhythms of Cajun dance music and black R&B with African...
- 1989
I Went to the Dance
I Went to the Dance7.51989HD
The definitive film on the history of the toe-tapping, foot-stomping music of French Southwest Louisiana. Includes many Cajun and Zydeco greats,...
- 1994
My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge
My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge5.81994HD
The long-awaited sequel to Sprout Wings and Fly is a gentle celebration of mountain living, a once-thriving American way of life.
- 1984
In Heaven There Is No Beer?
In Heaven There Is No Beer?6.51984HD
A joyous romp through the dance, food, music, friendship, and even religion of the Polka. The explosive energy and high spirits of the polka...
- 1976
Chulas Fronteras
Chulas Fronteras6.61976HD
A complex, insightful look at the Chicano experience as mirrored in the lives and music of the most acclaimed Norteño musicians of the...
- 1983
Sprout Wings and Fly
Sprout Wings and Fly5.71983HD
Set in the North Carolina Appalachians, Sprout Wings and Fly honors the fiddle playing of 82-year-old Tommy Jarrell of Toast, NC. Tommy was quirky,...
- 1968
God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance
God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance5.21968HD
Les Blank's poetic documentation of 1967's Los Angeles Easter Sunday Love-In. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2002.
- 2014
How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy52014HD
In the year 2000, Les Blank, along with co-filmmaker Gina Leibrecht, visited Richard Leacock (1921-2011) at his farm in Normandy, France and recorded...
- 1969
The Sun's Gonna Shine
The Sun's Gonna Shine6.61969HD
A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start singing for a living. Preserved by...
- 1974
A Poem Is a Naked Person
A Poem Is a Naked Person7.71974HD
Les Blank's first feature-length documentary captures music and other events at Leon Russell's Oklahoma recording studio during a three-year period...