Les Blank: Always for Pleasure

“Les Blank: Always for Pleasure. “An 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.” Do you know any of these films? You ready? God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance. Name of a film. Another called A Well Spent Life. Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers. Sprout Wings and Fly,...”

“You got like the Les Blank box set. Oh, I mean, I already got that, so you're right, I'm good. I wore the T-shirt to the show. I'm that guy.”

“The great Les Blank, of course. This is a journey through different lives, which I love because we get so isolated these days... But sometimes there’s something you can put on that just rips right through the screen and takes you outside and takes you into the world, and there’s something more to see, to explore, something more to see than you ever imagined.”