Taste of Starlight: Blank’s Debut a Fascinating Time Capsule
Highly regarded documentarian Les Blank’s 1974 debut finally sees an official theatrical release over forty years after its completion, thanks in to part to the thankful relenting of its subject. Blank, known for a filmography fascinated with capturing American musicians as well as a duo of Werner Herzog focused titles, passed away in 2013. Thanks to the support of Blank’s son, who secured the approval of singer Leon Russell, A Poem is a Naked Person is finally available for consumption. However, it’s more of an interesting artifact from a bygone era than it is a document of a musician or the particular flavor of his scene, and isn’t particularly the greatest introduction to either Blank or Russell.
It’s not difficult to see why Leon Russell declined to let the film be released, considering Blank, commissioned to...
Highly regarded documentarian Les Blank’s 1974 debut finally sees an official theatrical release over forty years after its completion, thanks in to part to the thankful relenting of its subject. Blank, known for a filmography fascinated with capturing American musicians as well as a duo of Werner Herzog focused titles, passed away in 2013. Thanks to the support of Blank’s son, who secured the approval of singer Leon Russell, A Poem is a Naked Person is finally available for consumption. However, it’s more of an interesting artifact from a bygone era than it is a document of a musician or the particular flavor of his scene, and isn’t particularly the greatest introduction to either Blank or Russell.
It’s not difficult to see why Leon Russell declined to let the film be released, considering Blank, commissioned to...
- 7/17/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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