Les Blank Movies

  • 1991
    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    7.9041991HD

    A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued...

    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
  • 1982
    Fitzcarraldo

    Fitzcarraldo

    Fitzcarraldo

    7.61982HD

    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...

    Fitzcarraldo
  • 1982
    Burden of Dreams

    Burden of Dreams

    Burden of Dreams

    7.5451982HD

    The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems...

    Burden of Dreams
  • 1980
    Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

    Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

    Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

    71980HD

    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...

    Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
  • 1980
    Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

    Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

    Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

    7.51980HD

    A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. This lip-smacking foray into the history, consumption, cultivation and culinary/curative...

    Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
  • 1974
    A Poem Is a Naked Person

    A Poem Is a Naked Person

    A Poem Is a Naked Person

    7.71974HD

    Les Blank's first feature-length documentary captures music and other events at Leon Russell's Oklahoma recording studio during a three-year period...

    A Poem Is a Naked Person
  • 1968
    The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

    The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

    The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

    7.81968HD

    Les Blank's portrait of the great Texas bluesman, 'Lightnin' Hopkins. The film includes interviews and a performance by Hopkins. Preserved by the...

    The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
  • 1995
    The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

    The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

    The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

    61995HD

    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...

    The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
  • 1994
    My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge

    My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge

    My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge

    5.81994HD

    The long-awaited sequel to Sprout Wings and Fly is a gentle celebration of mountain living, a once-thriving American way of life.

    My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge
  • 1971
    A Well Spent Life

    A Well Spent Life

    A Well Spent Life

    6.41971HD

    A tribute to the Texas songster, Mance Lipscomb, considered by many to be the greatest guitarist of all time.

    A Well Spent Life
  • 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 Normandy

    How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy

    52014HD

    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...

    How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
  • 1969
    The Arch

    The Arch

    The Arch

    7.21969HD

    A widow upholds feudal virtue by suppressing her love for a cavalry captain in favor of her daughter.

    The Arch
  • 1971
    Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion

    Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion

    Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion

    01971HD

    Conjoined fables are told, one Japanese, the other African, a ghost story colliding with farcical folklore.

    Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion
  • 2019
    Tattoo Uprising

    Tattoo Uprising

    Tattoo Uprising

    02019HD

    An examination of the artistic and historical roots of today's tattoo explosion.

    Tattoo Uprising
  • 1989
    I Went to the Dance

    I Went to the Dance

    I Went to the Dance

    7.51989HD

    The definitive film on the history of the toe-tapping, foot-stomping music of French Southwest Louisiana. Includes many Cajun and Zydeco greats,...

    I Went to the Dance
  • 1964
    Dizzy Gillespie

    Dizzy Gillespie

    Dizzy Gillespie

    6.61964HD

    This is Les Blank’s earliest music film, focusing on the renown trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie, who along with Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk,...

    Dizzy Gillespie
  • 1984
    In Heaven There Is No Beer?

    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...

    In Heaven There Is No Beer?
  • 1994
    Hole in the Soul

    Hole in the Soul

    Hole in the Soul

    5.21994HD

    A self-portrait documentary of Dusan Makavejev who travels to former Yugoslavia, and charts the changes of the society which parallels to his own...

    Hole in the Soul
  • 2008
    Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!

    Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!

    Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!

    02008HD

    An obsessively-made documentary, filmed over 16 years, exploring the creative life and adventures of the eccentric artist and entrepreneur Harrod...

    Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!
  • 2007
    All In This Tea

    All In This Tea

    All In This Tea

    72007HD

    During the 1990s, David Lee Hoffman searched throughout China for the finest teas. He's a California importer who, as a youth, lived in Asia for...

    All In This Tea