A poem is a naked person
(DVD)
Contributors
Blank, Les, film director,
Cordell, Denny, 1943-1995, film producer.
Russell, Leon, film producer,
Franklin, Jim, 1943- artist,
Jones, George, 1931-2013, performer.
Cordell, Denny, 1943-1995, film producer.
Russell, Leon, film producer,
Franklin, Jim, 1943- artist,
Jones, George, 1931-2013, performer.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2016].
Format
DVD
Edition
DVD special edition.
Status
Sequim - Digital Video Disc
DVD 781.6609 POEM_IS
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DVD 781.6609 POEM_IS
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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2016].
Edition
DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.
Language
English
UPC
715515170116
Notes
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974.
General Note
Special features: Harrod Blank and Leon Russell (the director's son sits down with the musician to talk about the film's long journey, from its production in the early 1970s to its release in 2015); Les Blank (excerpts from 2013 screening of the film); "A film's forty-year journey" (37 min. documentary features interviews with director Les Blank's son Harrod Blank; sound recordist and assistant editor Maureen Gosling; and Jim Franklin, the artist prominently featured in the film); "Out in the woods" (short documentary shot by Maureen Gosling during the two-year filming process at Grand Lake O' the Cherokees in northeastern Oklahoma, presented along with excerpts from letters she wrote to family); Trailers. Insert features an essay by critic Kent Jones.
Creation/Production Credits
Sound and assistant editing, Maureen Gosling.
Participants/Performers
Featuring Leon Russell, Jim Franklin, George Jones, Willie Nelson.
Description
Filmmaker Les Blank considered this free-form feature documentary about singer-songwriter Leon Russell, filmed between 1972 and 1974 while Blank was living at the Russell/Shelter Records recording studio compound on Grand Lake of the Cherokees in NE Oklahoma, but unreleased due to creative differences and music clearance problems, to be one of his greatest accomplishments. Includes scenes of Russell and his band and others performing, both in concert and in the studio. Also features footage of everyday life in Oklahoma.
System Details
DVD; region 1; NTSC; full screen (1.33:1); monaural.
Language
In English with optional (SDH) English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.