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A poem is a naked person
Title
A poem is a naked person / Janus Films ; Les Blank Films ; Skyhill Films presents ; produced by Denny Cordell and Leon Russell ; filmed, edited by Les Blank.
ISBN
9781681431185
1681431181
Edition
DVD special edition.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Copyright Notice Date
©2015
Physical Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Medium
4 3/4 in. stamping
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974.
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.
Sound and assistant editing, Maureen Gosling.
In English with optional (SDH) English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Summary
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.
Variant and related titles
Title on container: Leon Russell in A poem is a naked person
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 06, 2017
Series
The Criterion collection ; 805
Credits
Sound and assistant editing, Maureen Gosling.
Performers
Featuring Leon Russell, Jim Franklin, George Jones, Willie Nelson.
System details note
DVD; region 1; NTSC; full screen (1.33:1); monaural.
Videorecording number
CC2593D The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
Filmed performances.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films - United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Biographical films.
Biography.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Filmed performances.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films - United States.
Also listed under
Janus Films, presenter, film distributor.
Les Blank Films, production company.
Skyhill Films, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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