by Blank, Les; Govenar, Alan B; Gerson, Skip; Blank, Gail; Van Deusen, Pieter; Gillespie, Dizzy; Hopkins, Lightnin'; Flower Films (Firm); Dallas Museum of Art; Spontaneous Combustion (Musical group); Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
DVD / 2005
TitleSix short films by Les Blank, 1960-1985
Item typeDVD
Alternate title
  • Six short films of Les Blank, 1960- 1985
  • Short films by Les Blank, 1960-1985
  • Short films of Les Blank, 1960-1985
Author(s)
  • Blank, Les
  • Govenar, Alan B
  • Gerson, Skip
  • Blank, Gail
  • Van Deusen, Pieter
  • Gillespie, Dizzy
  • Hopkins, Lightnin'
ImprintEl Cerrito, Calif. Flower Films, 2005
ISBN
  • 0933621876
  • 9780933621879
Other number858548001153
LanguageEnglish
URLLink to original record
Notes
  • Cigarette blues (6 min., 1985) / directed by Alan Govenar and Les Blank ; produced by Dallas Museum of Art -- Chicken real : the story of Holly Farms Poultry Industries (23 min., 1970) / a film by Les Blank -- The sun's gonna shine (10 min., 1969) / a film by Les Blank with Skip Gerson -- God respects us when we work, but he loves us when we dance : Los Angeles' first love-in, Easter Sunday, 1967 (20 min., 1968) / film by Flower Films, Les Blank, Skip Gerson -- Dizzy Gillespie (20 min., 1965) / produced by Michael Vidor ; a film by Les Blank -- Running around like a chicken with its head cut off (4 min., 1960) / a film by and with Les Blank, Gail Blank, Pieter van Deusen.
  • Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.
  • Camera, Les Blank ; editing, Maureen Gosling and John Davis (1st work), Les Blank (2nd and 5th works) ; music, Spontaneous Combustion (4th work), Dizzy Gillespie and his Quintet (5th work).
Physical description1 videodisc (83 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

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Date text: 
2005
Author: 
Blank, LesGovenar, Alan BGerson, SkipBlank, GailVan Deusen, PieterGillespie, DizzyHopkins, Lightnin'
Publisher: 
Flower Films
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