ISBN: 9781604658859

Edition: Three-Blu-ray special edition.

Description:

• 3 videodiscs (563 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
• polychrome
• digital
• optical
• full screen
• HDTV
• video file
• Blu-ray video
• region A

Target Audience Note:

• E.
• Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated.

Other Title:

• Always for pleasure
• container of (work): Les Blank (Motion picture)
• container of (expression): Les Blank (Motion picture). French.
• container of (expression): Les Blank (Motion picture). Spanish.

Notes:

• Title from container.
• The blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins / a film by Les Blank with Skip Gerson ; a film by Flower Films -- God respects us when we work but he loves us when we dance / film by Flower Films ; Les Blank, Skip Gerson -- Spend it all / a film by Les Blank with Skip Gerson ; filmed + edited by Les Blank ; a film by Flower Films -- A well spent life / a film by Les Blank with Skip Gerson ; a film by Flower Films -- Dry wood / Flower Films presents ; a film by Les Blank with Maureen Gosling -- Hot pepper / a film by Flower Films ; a film by Les Blank -- Always for pleasure / Flower Films presents ; a film by Les Blank ; produced and directed, photographed and edited by Les Blank -- Garlic is as good as ten mothers / Flower Films presents a film by Les Blank ; produced, directed and photographed by Les Blank -- Sprout wings and fly / Flower Films presents ; a film by Les Blank, Cece Conway, Alice Gerrard, Maureen Gosling ; directed and photographed by Les Blank ; co-directed and produced by Alice Gerrard and Cece Conway -- In heaven there is no beer? / Flower Films presents ; a film by Les Blank and Maureen Gosling ; producer and director, Les Blank -- Gap-toothed women / a film by Les Blank, Maureen Gosling, Chris Simon, Susan Kell ; Flower Films presents ; conceived, produced and directed by Les Blank -- Yum, yum, yum! : a taste of the Cajun and Creole cooking in Louisiana / Flower Films present ; a film by Les Blank, Maureen Gosling ; conceived, produced and directed by Les Blank -- The maestro: king of the cowboy artists / Flower Films presents a film by Les Blank, Maureen Gosling, Chris Simon ; directed and photographed by Les Blank ; produced by Les Blank and Chris Simon -- Sworn to the drum: a tribute to Francisco Aguabella / Flower Films presents a film by Les Blank ; produced by Tom Luddy & Les Blank ; directed by Les Blank.
• The blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins: featuring Lightnin' Hopkins, Billy Bizor, Mance Lipscomb, Ruth "Blues" Ames. Spend it all: featuring Adam Landreneau ; starring Maurice Cormier, Viola Matte, Glenn Allensan, Eraste Fontenot, Ada + Drew Fontenot, Noah Daigle, Berlene Savoy, Cyprien Landreneau, Savy Augstine, Revon Reed ; presenting Marc Savoy with Lurlin LeJeune, PeeWee Broussard, Don Guillory, Russell Thibodeaux, Benton Daigle. A well spent life: featuring Mance Lipscomb, Elnora Lipscomb, Hattie + Alfred Franklin. Hot pepper: featuring Clifton Chenier "Zydecor Accordion King" and his brother Cleveland Chenier (rub board), Robert St. Julien (drums), Felix James Benit (guitar), Charles Goodman (bass), Junius St. Julien (rhythm). Garlic is as good as ten mothers: narration, Chris Pray. Sprout wings and fly: Tommy Jarrell with Julie Lyons, Togie McGee, Edith Hicks, Earlie Jarrell, Wayne Jarrell, Ardena Moncus, Benny Jarrell. Yum, yum, yum!: features Marc Savoy. The maestro: featuring Gerry Gaxiola, Alice Gaxiola, Peter Mollica, Peter William Brown, Nadine Starbuck, Kent Cabral, Charlie Frizzell, Dennis Hartelius, Rowan LeCompte, Casey Lewis, Tyler Hoare, Linnea Phillips. Sworn to the drum: narrator, John Santos.
• Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
• Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback ; will not play on standard DVD players) ; full screen format (1.33:1 aspect ratio) ; stereophonic, monaural.
• For private home use only.
• Audio track in English, French, Spanish, with optional subtitles in English, captions in English.

Contents:

• Disc 1. The blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1968; 32 min.)
• God respects us when we work but he loves us when we dance (1968; 21 min.)
• Spend it all (1971; 43 min.)
• A well spent life (1971; 44 min.)
• Dry wood (1973; 37 min.).

• Disc 2. Hot pepper (1973; 55 min.)
• Always for pleasure (1978; 58 min.)
• Garlic is as good as ten mothers (1980; 51 min.) --Sprout wings and fly (1982; 31 min.).

• Disc 3. In heaven there is no beer? (1984; 49 min.)
• Gap-toothed women (1987 ; 31 min.)
• Yum, yum, yum! : a taste of the Cajun and Creole cooking in Louisiana (1990; 31 min.)
• The maestro: king of the cowboy artists (1994; 53 min.)
• Sworn to the drum: a tribute to Francisco Aguabella (1995; 35 min.).

Publisher or Distributor Number: CC2418BD

Control Number: 3401721

UPC: 715515119412

Series:

• Criterion collection
• Criterion collection ; 737
• Criterion collection ; 737.

Subjects:

• African Americans -- Louisiana -- Mamou -- Social life and customs.
• Aguabella, Francisco.
• Appalachian Region -- Social life and customs.
• Blues (Music) -- History and criticism.
• Cajuns -- Social life and customs.
• California -- Social life and customs.
• Chenier, Clifton, 1925-1987.
• Cooking, American -- Louisiana style.
• Diastema (Teeth)
• Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
• Garlic.
• Gaxiola, Gerald, 1936-
• Hippies -- California -- Los Angeles.
• Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982.
• Jarrell, Tommy, 1901-1985.
• Lipscomb, Mance, 1895-1976.
• New Orleans (La.) -- Social life and customs.
• Polka (Dance)
• Polkas.
• Texas -- Social life and customs.
• United States -- History.
• United States -- Social life and customs.

Genre:

• Documentary films.
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

• Abshire, Nathan, 1913-1981, composer (expression)
• Ames, Ruth (Blues singer), on-screen participant.
• Balfa Brothers, composer, performer.
• Balfa, Dewey, composer (expression)
• Balfa, Rodney, composer (expression)
• Balfa, Will, composer (expression)
• Bizor, Billy, on-screen participant.
• Blank, Harrod, on-screen participant.
• Blank, Les, film director, director of photography, editor of moving image work, film producer.
• Bogan, Lucille, singer.
• Bois-sec, composer (expression)
• Broussard, Pee-Wee, on-screen participant.
• Chenier, Cleveland, 1921-1991, on-screen participant.
• Chenier, Clifton, 1925-1987, on-screen participant.
• Conway, Cecelia, film director, film producer.
• Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
• Feenjon Group (Musical group), composer, performer.
• Flower Films (Firm), presenter, production company.
• Fontenot, Canray, composer (expression)
• Frizzell, Charles, 1941-2004, on-screen participant.
• Gaxiola, Gerry, on-screen participant.
• Gerrard, Alice, 1934- film director, film producer.
• Gerson, Skip, film director.
• Gosling, Maureen, film director.
• Hackford, Taylor, 1944- on-screen participant.
• Herrmann, Irene, composer, performer.
• Herzog, Werner, 1942- on-screen participant.
• Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982, on-screen participant.
• Hostetter, Paul, composer, performer.
• Janus Films, film distributor.
• Jarrell, Benny, 1933- on-screen participant.
• Jarrell, Tommy, 1901-1985, on-screen participant.
• Kell, Susan, filmmaker.
• Landreneau, Adam, on-screen participant.
• Landreneau, Cyp, on-screen participant.
• Leibrecht, Gina, film producer, film director.
• Lejeune, Lurlin, on-screen participant.
• Les Blank Films, production company.
• Lipscomb, Mance, 1895-1976, on-screen participant.
• Louisiana Playboys, composer, performer.
• Luddy, Tom, film producer.
• Poullard, Danny, composer, performer.
• Santos, John, narrator.
• Savoy, Marc, on-screen participant.
• Simon, Chris, 1952- film producer.
• Spontaneous Combustion (Musical group), composer (expression)
• St. Judy, Robert, on-screen participant.
• Strachwitz, Chris, on-screen participant.
• Waters, Alice, on-screen participant.