Les Blank: Always for Pleasure (Criterion Collection) Fulfilled By AEC Spanning some fifty years of

Spanning some fifty years of the composer's career

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praised by Igor Oistrakh as 'an exceptional violinist who has a perfect technique

Some of those movies resemble soap operas

Les Blank: Always for Pleasure (Criterion Collection) Fulfilled By AEC Spanning some fifty years ofAn uncompromisingly independent filmmaker, Les Blank made documentaries for nearly fifty years, elegantly disappearing with his camera into cultural spots rarely seen on screen mostly on the peripheries of the United States, but also occasionally abroad. Seemingly off the cuff yet poetically constructed, these films are humane, sometimes wry, always engaging tributes to music, food, and all sorts of regionally specific delights. This collector's set