The Blues Accordin’ to Lightnin’ Hopkins. Les Blank and Skip Gerson, 1968.
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Edition screened: Included in Criterion Blu-ray set #737 Les Blank: Always for Pleasure, released 2014. English language. Original music by Lightnin’ Hopkins and others. Runtime approximately 31 minutes.
Summary: Killing of a snake; fishing violence.
Details:
1) At 11:30 we encounter Lightnin’ and a companion in the evening after having just killed a snake. They throw a few more rocks at the snake before it is picked up and flung. No clear images of the snake, dead or alive. Over at 12:22.
2) Mild fishing violence such as unhooking small fish and baiting hooks with shrimp, 13:28-14:48.
3) Mild rodeo action of calf roping and wrangling, 14:45-16:25.
Organized with The Blues Accordin’ to Lightnin’ Hopkins in this massive package are two related 2014 Criterion-produced “making of” documentaries, two out-take performances by Lightnin’ of Mr. Charlie Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down (7 minutes) and Lightnin’ Les (4 minutes), and Blank’s excellent follow-up short film The Sun’s Gonna Shine, all free of animal violence.
1) At 11:30 we encounter Lightnin’ and a companion in the evening after having just killed a snake. They throw a few more rocks at the snake before it is picked up and flung. No clear images of the snake, dead or alive. Over at 12:22.
2) Mild fishing violence such as unhooking small fish and baiting hooks with shrimp, 13:28-14:48.
3) Mild rodeo action of calf roping and wrangling, 14:45-16:25.
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