State of Cinema: Steven Soderbergh
Saturday, April 27 at 1:00 pm
Saturday, April 27 at 1:00 pm
SF INT'L FILM FESTIVAL
Waxworks with Mike Patton, Scott Amendola, Matthias Bossi and William Winant
Tuesday, May 7 at 8:30 pm
Tuesday, May 7 at 8:30 pm
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Les Blank Since the mid 1960s, director, producer, and cinematographer Les Blank has made films about American idioms. Blank’s first films, produced in the mid-1960s, looked at subjects such as Texas blues singer Lightnin’ Hopkins (The Blues Accordin’ to Lightnin’ Hopkins) and the advent of the California “flower child” movement (God Respects Us When We Work, but Loves Us When We Dance). From his earliest films to the present, he has largely focused on American-based musicians, artists, filmmakers, and local characters who inspire others through their own creative outlook on life. This retrospective also features new films, including music videos directed by Blank with collaborator Maureen Gosling, and works in progress about Alabama-based sculptor Butch Anthony and legendary direct-cinema filmmaker Ricky Leacock. |