Hard to find VHS format only Les Banks doc, "The Blues According to Lightnin' Hopkins". A beautiful sun soaked trip to Texas.
Re: Music Documentaries, Short Films, Etc.
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:46 pm
by Chankgeez
Nice one, Dark Barn.
Les Blank is one of my favorite filmmakers.
You can find bits and pieces of that one chopped up on YouTube. Nice to see the entire thing all together. He's pretty protective of his copyrights. So, I wouldn't be surprised if that gets taken down.
Re: Music Documentaries, Short Films, Etc.
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:01 pm
by D.o.S.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3IjnuK_Cvc[/youtube] Audio only, glad someone finally threw this one on youtube, if memory serves I think it aired in 2004(?)
Re: Music Documentaries, Short Films, Etc.
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:15 pm
by Dark Barn
AH yes, woops, it is Les Blank, goes a little ways to explain why this was always so hard to find on the 'net. I watched a handful of Les Blank films available for rent at Scarecrow Video here in Seattle years ago, the first of which was "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe" the title alone was too good to pass on, glad I took a chance on it. Here's a link for anyone interested in seeing it, it's great but not musical so I'll put it in the NSFW.
I watched a handful of Les Blank films available for rent at Scarecrow Video here in Seattle years ago, the first of which was "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe" the title alone was too good to pass on, glad I took a chance on it. Here's a link for anyone interested in seeing it, it's great but not musical so I'll put it in the NSFW.