Les Blank: Always for Pleasure

Les Blank: Always for Pleasure. Les Blank, 1967-2006.

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Edition screened: Criterion Blu-ray set #737, released 2014. Mostly English language with some English subtitles. Cumulative runtime approximately 563 minutes.

Summary: Some titles in this set emphasize brutalization and murder of animals, passed off as good honest folks just havin’ a good time.

The Criterion package features the following works by Les Blank, as well as numerous video essays about the filmmaker and making-of documentaries:

God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance (1967)

The Blues Accordin’ to Lightnin’ Hopkins (1968)

The Sun’s Gonna Shine (1968)

Mr. Charlie Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down (1968)

Lightnin’ Les (1968)

Spend It All (1971)

A Well Spent Life (1971)

Dry Wood (1973)

Hot Pepper (1973)

Always for Pleasure (1978)

Lagniappe (2006)

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980)

Sprout Wings and Fly (1983)

My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge (1994)

Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge (1991)
In Heaven There Is No Beer? (1984)

Gap-Toothed Women (1987)

Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of Cajun and Creole Cooking (1990)

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists (1994)
The Maestro Rides Again! (2005)

Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella (1995)

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