Les Blank Movies

  • 1985
    Cigarette Blues

    Cigarette Blues

    Cigarette Blues

    6.31985HD

    Oakland bluesman Sonny Rhodes sings “Cigarette Blues”: a musical warning that compares cigarette smoking with playing with a loaded gun.

    Cigarette Blues
  • 1960
    Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

    Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

    Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

    4.51960HD

    Les Blank's first student film, made while at USC, starring Gail Blank, Pieter Van Deusen and Les himself. This short pays homage to Ingmar Bergman's...

    Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
  • 1994
    My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge

    My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge

    My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge

    5.81994HD

    The long-awaited sequel to Sprout Wings and Fly is a gentle celebration of mountain living, a once-thriving American way of life.

    My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge