A Poem Is a Naked Person [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Les Blank

Overview

A look at Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell, compiled from Les Blank's intimate footage of the singer in-studio and on-stage between 1972 and 1974. The film had never been released, but Blank's death in 2013 sparked renewed interest in the footage.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/29/2016
UPC:	0715515170017
Original Release:	1974
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Sales rank:	13,577

Special Features

New, restored 2k digital transfer, supervised by Executive Producer Harrod Bank, Director Les Blank's son, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New conversation between musician Leon Russell and Harrod Blank; Excerpts from a 2013 Q&A with Les Blank; A Film's Forty-Year Journey: The Making of "A Poem Is A Naked Person," a new documentary featuring interviews with Harrod Blank, Assistant Editor and Sound Recordist Maureen Gosling, and artist Jim Franklin; Out in the Woods, a short documentary by Gosling; Trailers; Plus: An Essay by critic Kent Jones

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Technical Credits

Les Blank

Les Blank	Director,Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Denny Cordell	Producer