A Poem Is a Naked Person [Criterion Collection]

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:	0715515170116
Original Release:	1974
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Sales rank:	14,464

Special Features

New, restored 2k digital transfer, supervised by Executive Producer Harrod Blank, Director Les Blank's son; 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

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Poem Is A Naked Person
1. Cute With Long Hair [5:01]
2. Leon Russell Arrives in New Orleans [3:04]
3. "Take Me" [5:46]
4. "Roll Away the Stone" [3:45]
5. "Good Hearted Woman" [1:52]
6. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" [4:42]
7. "Farther Along" [2:00]
8. "Tight Rope" [11:06]
9. Wedding [6:59]
10. Dreams and Realities [5:22]
11. "Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms" [4:38]
12. Local Color [5:12]
13. "Time Run Like A Freight Train" [4:31]
14. "A Song for You" [3:16]
15. "There's No End to Greatness and Beauty" [9:03]
16. "Goodnight, Irene" [4:03]
17. The Unknown/"Of Thee I Sing" [:29]
18. "Naked At The Lake" [4:33]
19. "A Satisfied Mind" [2:26]
1. Color Bars [2:01]
1. Chapter 1 [26:37]
2. Chapter 2 [:01]
1. Chapter 1 [36:42]
2. Chapter 2 [:01]
1. Chapter 1 [12:57]
2. Chapter 2 [:01]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Poem Is A Naked Person
   Play The Movie
   Chapters
   Harrod Blank and Leon Russell
      Play
   Les Blank
   " A Film's Forty-Year Journey"
      Play
   "Out In The Woods"
      Play
   Trailers
      Theatrical Trailer
      Extended Trailer
      Alternate, Unused Trailer