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	Austin Chronicle: Texas Documentary Tour: Les Blank
		Blank got interested in Hopkins when he heard him perform in Los Angeles in 1967, the legendary bluesman's music touching a sympathetic chord in a recently divorced filmmaker who was then struggling to find his professional bliss.
		Les Blank: For one thing, it's short; you can watch it over and over again and it's constructed so that one scene flows from one to the next without any problem and yet each scene seems like a surprise.
		Les Blank's The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins and Gap-Toothed Women will be presented as part of the Texas Documentary Tour on Wednesday, June 23 at the Alamo Drafthouse, at 7 and 9pm; tickets for both shows go on sale at 6pm.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/vol18/issue42/screens.doctour.html (1481 words)

	Les Blank - ArticleWorld
		Les Blank, the founder of Flowers Films, a production company that produces film documentaries primarily about the lives of American musicians.
		The unique factor in Blank’s productions is that he focuses his work not only on capturing the life story of the musician with a discography, but also in capturing the true essence of the music the artist created.
		Blank has not limited his work to producing films about musicians, his other documentaries range in topic from gap-toothed women to garlic.
	www.articleworld.org /index.php/Les_Blank (184 words)

	Canyon Cinema, Inc.
		Blank's film grows into a fascinating (and highly controversial) record of an obsessed genius and his battle to finish his project in the face of plane crashes, torrential rains, attacks by armed, hostile Indians, the loss of several leading actors, and the eruption of a full-fledged border war around him.
		Les Blank marries his passion for spicy downhome food and his admiration for Cajuns and Creoles to create this mouth-watering exploration into cooking and other enthusiasms of French-speaking Louisiana.
		Les Blank is a prize-winning independent filmmaker, best known for a series of poetic films that led Time magazine critic Jay Cocks to write, "I can't believe that anyone interested in movies or America...
	www.canyoncinema.com /B/Blank.html (3379 words)

	Food Filmmaker Les Blank Puts The Scent In Cinema (washingtonpost.com)
		Blank, a soft-spoken man of 69 who still retains the Southern accent of his native Florida, says this is the first time his films have been shown in an environmental context, but he can see the connection.
		In 1997, Blank began filming a Berkeley-based tea importer who, on his visits to Chinese tea merchants, found himself trying to explain why pesticides, industrial tea-growing operations and concern with quantity over quality were at odds with the tastes of his high-end customers.
		Les Blank will be present at both screenings, which will take place at the AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A18754-2005Mar8.html (934 words)

	Chico News and Review April 03, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Blank has a wonderful ability to let his images and sounds speak for themselves, to stay out of the way and let his stories emerge organically, in a way that appeals to the viewer's emotions and esthetic sense well before it engages his or her intellect.
		Blank's documentary is one of those rare movies about movies that are arguably better than the original.
		Blank's film is as much about the friction between these groups, and within them, as it is about Herzog and his movie.
	www.newsreview.com /chico/Content?oid=oid:25581 (1125 words)

	MetroActive Movies \| Les Blank
		Speaking on the phone from his El Cerrito home, Blank is polite, friendly, soft-spoken--just the sort of person one would imagine slipping easily into the cultural inner sanctums of various ethnic and social subcultures with his trusty 16mm camera in hand.
		As Blank explains it, his own distinctive filmmaking style evolved out of a stint he spent making the sort of cheesy instructional films familiar to anyone who's been forced to sit behind a balky 16mm projector in a fifth-grade classroom.
		In the planning stages for Blank are projects on radio storyteller Garrison Keillor, a Romany (Gypsy) musician/dancer living in the Rajasthan region of India, and a Marin man who journeys annually to the mountains of western China to buy tea.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/09.19.96/les-blank-9638.html (1176 words)

	Les Blank: Burden of Dreams \| Features \| Guardian Unlimited Film
		Les Blank's Burden of Dreams admittedly had it easier than most.
		Blank's film includes the only available record of some of the unused scenes with Robards and Mick Jagger, who left for a concert tour after all the delays, doubtless with some relief.
		Part of that truth is that Herzog seemed to identify with Fitzgerald (called Fitzcarraldo by the natives), and certainly his plan to make a film in such a place was almost as crazy as the Irishman's opera house daydream.
	film.guardian.co.uk /Century_Of_Films/Story/0,4135,122036,00.html (460 words)

	Les Blank Bio
		In 1989-1990 Blank was the distinguished filmmaker-in-residence at San Diego State University and in 1991, adjunct assistant professor in film at the University of California, Berkeley.
		For Blank, who’s been making his own kind of movies since the Coens were in grade school, it’s the idea of "culture" as coming from the "folk" (or at least the defiant eccentric) that gets him going in general.
		More importantly, Blank structures his movies as tight little mosaics: Each follows pretty much the same pattern of early action, which is explained by snatches of conversation or seemingly casual interviews, then builds to a fuller and deeper picture of the issue by film’s end.
	www.lesblank.com /les_blank_bio.htm (2649 words)

	Metroactive Movies \| Les Blank
		Blank but not forgotten: Filmmaker Les Blank focuses on the music, culture, and cuisine of Americans outside the mainstream.
		On his website, El Cerrito-based filmmaker Les Blank describes a still-existent film palace in Tampa, Fla., that he loves: "It has twinkling stars in the ceiling and clouds that float by.
		Eight of Blank's nearly three dozen short documentaries have been reissued in new prints commissioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/11.21.02/blank-0247.html (609 words)

	WFF > Films > Film Details > Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
		In 1979, Les Blank took a detour to film German filmmaker Werner Herzog honoring a vow Herzog made to Errol Morris that he would eat his shoe if Morris ever actually made one of the films he was forever talking about.
		Blank's film documents Herzog's strongly expressed belief that people must have "the guts to attempt what they dream of." This is definitely the strangest of Blank's love letters to film.
		Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe is part of a recent series of restorations of Les Blank's films by the Academy Film Archive.
	2001.wifilmfest.org /film_details.asp?id=225 (202 words)

	Academy to Salute Filmmaker Les Blank at The Rafael Film Center
		Blank's films focus on people at the periphery of mainstream life and in particular, their music, culture and cuisine.
		From the Louisiana Bayou to the Tex-Mex border, from forgotten blues legends to Polish-American polka dancers, Blank is able to capture the unique character of his subjects on film.
		"An Academy Salute to Les Blank" will continue on November 23 and 24 with a weekend of screenings open to the public which will include five more films from Blank's collection that have been preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
	www.oscars.org /press/pressreleases/2002/02.11.05.html (255 words)

	Flower Films
		Les Blank's charming valentine to women born with a space between their teeth ranges from lighthearted whimsy to deeper issues of self-esteem and societal attitudes about standards of beauty.
		The long-awaited sequel to Sprout Wings and Fly (Les Blank's first film about this homegrown Appalachian fiddler and raconteur) is a gentle tribute to mountain living, a once-thriving American way of life.
		Les Blank marries his passion for spicy, down home food and his admiration for Cajuns and Creoles to create this mouth-watering, exploration into the cooking and other enthusiasms of French-speaking Louisiana.
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /MRC/Flowerfilm.html (2179 words)

	Les Blank - Flower Films catalog. - movie reviews Whole Earth Review - Find Articles
		Les Blank/Flower Films Les Blank's celebratory, life-affirming documentaries capture the rich tradition of Southern blues musicians Lightnin' Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb, as well as the NEw Orleans music scene.
		I saw the film in "SmellaRound" when it was first released, with Blank up in front passing out paper cups full of beans and rice, and can attest to the palate-pleasing effectiveness of this technical breakthrough.
		Burden of Dreams, Blank's film on the making of WernerHerzog's Fitzcarraldo in the jungles of Peru, is the best "making of" film ever produced, and Chicken Real, an early industrial documentary made for an automated chicken-growing operation, is simply the funniest film about chickens I've ever seen.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1510/is_1987_Spring/ai_4793240 (268 words)

	Burden of Dreams [Special Edition] \| DVDs \| MTV Movies
		Documentarian Les Blank, who filmed Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe, trained his cameras on Herzog again, as the eccentric German filmmaker made his epic, Fitzcarraldo, in the Amazon rainforest of Peru.
		Violent tribal disputes and unpredictable weather hinder the shoot, but the biggest obstacle is Herzog's own quixotic and dangerous determination to film one antique boat smashing down the Amazonian rapids, and the dragging of an identical boat over a mountain from one river to another.
		Blank interviews members of the cast and crew, including the impoverished Indian extras, and captures the troubles of the seemingly cursed production, but his interviews with Herzog are the focal point of the film.
	www.mtv.com /movies/dvd/64873/dvdmain.jhtml (556 words)

	Amazon.com: Burden of Dreams:Making Fitzcarraldo: Video: Les Blank,Elia De Rio Ene,Jason Robards,Ángela Reina,Laplace ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Les Blank - Director, Michael Goodwin - Writer...
		Not 5 stars because Blank and his crew had a moment of sanity and left before Werner called in the bulldozer to finally haul the boat over the hill.
		Les Blank's documentary is much more than just a making of Werner Herzog's FITZCARRALDO, which is what makes it important and interesting.
	www.amazon.com /Burden-Dreams-Making-Fitzcarraldo-Blank/dp/6302449227 (2177 words)

	Les Blank - Moviefone
		A theater student at Tulane University and a communications major at U.S.C.-Los Angeles, Les Blank became a professional filmmaker at the age of...
		Internationally-acclaimed films by Les Blank and others that offer intimate and inspiring glimpses into the lives, food and music of passionate people who...
		Les Blank - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Les Blank Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/les-blank/82088/main (191 words)

	ArtCar Fest: Harrod Blank
		Initially, Blank thought he was the only one in the world with an art car, and at times felt quite alienated.
		Blank, convinced as ever of the beauty and power of car art, created "Driving The Dream", a 30 minute documentary which premiered on TBS's National Geographic Explorer, October, 1997.
		In response to the seemingly infinite number of astounding art cars yet to be unveiled, Blank plans to expand "Driving The Dream" into the feature length sequel of "Wild Wheels." Art car fans should be on the lookout for "Wild Wheels II" in the fall of 1999.
	www.artcarfest.com /harrod.html (464 words)

	Les Blank @ Filmbug UK
		Blank's films focusing on musical subjects often spend much of their running time focusing not on the music itself but on the music's cultural context, lending richness to the portrayals of the surroundings from which these American roots musics come.
		His most recent project, White Feathers, Black Bones, begun in 1997 and as yet unreleased, is a profile of the Berkeley, California-based tea importer and adventurer David Lee Hoffman.
		Tell us what you think of Les Blank in the Filmbug forum...
	www.filmbug.co.uk /db/4245 (266 words)

	Film & TV: Blank's Slates (Austin Chronicle . 06-21-99)
		Since then, Blank's devotees have blissfully followed him from Polish-American kick-up-your-heels-and-dance polka fests (In Heaven There Is No Beer?
		Gap-Toothed Women (1987) -- a 30-minute survey of the varied effects on the lives of women from Lauren Hutton to Sandra Day O'Connor of having a space between their two front teeth -- harks back to a lingering fascination with a gap-toothed middle-school classmate.
		The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1969) was among the first of many music docs that Blank would make, cutting a wide swath through pockets of exotic musical culture everywhere -- from white French-speaking Cajuns, Clifton Chenier's zydeco, and fl Indians in New Orleans to Flaco Jimenez and the Tejanos of South Texas.
	weeklywire.com /ww/06-21-99/austin_screens_feature2.html (1354 words)

	ToxicUniverse.com - Les Blank - 1982 - Burden of Dreams Movies Review
		Les Blank's documentary Burden of Dreams about the making of Fitzcarraldo parallels Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, as both chronicle the process of making a film that is plagued with nearly insurmountable obstacles.
		Both projects suffered from budget constraints, casting problems, and uncooperative weather, but Francis Ford Coppola never had to deal with the political maneuvering and warring Amazon tribes that forced Werner Herzog to pull up stakes and start his project all over in a new location before his film crew was slaughtered.
		The Criterion Collection's release of Blank's documentary is very timely, as it co-incides with the theatrical run of Herzog's documentary Grizzly Man, which chronicles the last year's of charismatic Timothy Treadwell, a failed actor who dreamed of becoming one with the grizzly bear.
	www.toxicuniverse.com /review.php?rid=10005967 (826 words)

	Feral House \| Pictures from the Les Blank Salon!
		The hobbit house pixies and a few live Okies lent a special magic to the air on Saturday March 4, as revered documentarian Les Blank dropped by the compound to show his rarely-seen 1974 film on musician Leon Russell, A Poem Is a Naked Person.
		Read (I Belong To The) Blank Generation at laweekly.com.
		Les Blank and artist and author Dame Darcy wind down the evening.
	feralhouse.com /fh_blog/archives/2006/03/pictures_from_t.php (281 words)

	Amazon.ca: Burden Of Dreams (Criterion Collection): DVD: Les Blank,Claudia Cardinale,David Perez Espinosa,Miguel Angel ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Les Blank's film about the making of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo is a fascinating portrait of a filmmaker pushed to the outer edge of sanity by a difficult film shoot, and by his obsession with seeing his vision captured on the screen.
		Just as the film Herzog is making shows a man (Fitzcarraldo, played by Klaus Kinski) whose passion for opera drives him to a mad and self-destructive act of incredible hubris, the film Blank has made shows a man (Herzog) whose passion for his own art drives him to a similar mad and self-destructive act.
		Also included is a commentary by director Les Blank, editor Maureen Gosling, and Herzog; a new interview with Herzog (he doesn't seem to have changed much); photo galleries; deleted scenes, which include Klaus Kinski going on a profane temper tantrum (perversely fascinating); and a trailer.
	www.amazon.ca /Burden-Dreams-Criterion-Collection-Blank/dp/B0007WFYB6 (1240 words)

	Brazos Films Cajun DVD
		The one thing common to all of (Les Blank’s) films is the superior journalist’s gift for being able to share his enthusiasms without seeming to manipulate the subjects...
		“The combination of Strachwitz’s scholarship and Blank’s ever-keen appreciation of regional color and style make J’AI ETE AU BAL a model of its type, a must-see for lovers of roots and traditional music, and an eye-opener for anyone curious about American culture...
		Strachwitz’s rich research and Blank’s endearingly personal style keep J’AI ETE AU BAL alive and vital, just as Doucet and Rockin’ Doopsie and other Louisiana masters of Cajun and Zydeco do for the music they so love.
	www.arhoolie.com /titles/103dvd.shtml (363 words)

	Les Blank's Flower Films
		This is one list of films that is fun to read just because of the startling range of subjects, and ethnic cultures that don't have a high profile in the States.
		When Les' son built his own personalized VW bug, the wheels of fate began to turn as well.
		By the time he got his 50th traffic ticket for violations like "carrying an unstable load," he decided he couldn't be the only guy in the US with the same problem.
	picpal.com /lesnhar.html (1789 words)

	FolkStreams » Dry Wood » About Les Blank
		Les Blank is a highly acclaimed independent filmmaker who, in more than three decades of documenting American folk culture, has won numerous awards for his extensive and diverse work "featuring Real Food, Roots Music, and People Full of Passion for what they do."
		"Blank is a documentarian of folk cultures who transforms anthropology into art," writes John Rockwell for the New York Times.
		Maureen Gosling, Blank's longtime collaborator and gifted editor, is also a prize-winning documentary filmmaker.
	www.folkstreams.net /context,73 (214 words)

	happening information
		Blank's films cover an eclectic mix of subjects—music and food are frequent choices—through which Blank explores the lives of people who live at the periphery of American society, yet whose cultural contributions form an integral part of our national consciousness.
		This glowing portrait of the legendary musician (also lifelong husband and sharecropper) is among Blank's special masterworks.
		Blank will be present at the screening and participate in a Q&A session.
	cds.aas.duke.edu /film/2001happening/lesblank.html (635 words)

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	MAGPIE » Flower Films: The Films of Les Blank
		A charming valentine to women born with a space between their teeth, ranging from lighthearted whimsy to a deeper look at issues like self-esteem and societal attitudes toward standards of beauty.
		Not only does the film promote garlic as our first line of defense against all forms of blandness; it also titillates the taste buds with shots of garlic dishes sizzling in their pans.
		Les Blank shows again that he knows how to have a good time and share it on film - especially if it involves food!
	www.arthurmag.com /magpie/?p=1535 (431 words)

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