A Poem Is a Naked Person

Name: A Poem Is a Naked Person
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: July 1, 2015
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 76

2015

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Janus Films | Release Date: July 1, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: Les Blank's first feature-length documentary captures music and other events at Leon Russell's Oklahoma recording studio during a three-year period (1972-1974).

Director: Les Blank

Genre(s): Music, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Alan Scherstuhl

Jul 2, 2015

Whiskery and restless, grooving and grotesque, the documentarian Les Blank's long-suppressed film A Poem Is a Naked Person plays like your memories of some mad, stoned last-century summer. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Jun 30, 2015

Even Les Blank's most conventional work remains an elusive vision, punctuated by cultural insights that elude many filmmakers for their entire careers. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Jun 30, 2015

What a trippy delight it is. Read full review

Noel Murray

Jun 30, 2015

A Poem Is A Naked Person is littered with striking moments that fit casually into Blank’s study of fame and aspiration. Read full review

Andrew Barker

Jul 14, 2015

Even the less immediately engaging material here helps build an uncannily cohesive snapshot of a very specific time and place, and the past decades have only given it a bittersweet edge. Read full review

Robert Abele

Jul 9, 2015

Its oddball colors and willful wanderings betray a sweet, savory, uncompromising air that showcases Russell's uniquely fused brand of American harmony with rascally ebullience. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Jul 9, 2015

The movie makes something of a case for him, in that he is quite a good piano player, with absolute command of the blues, country and rock idioms, but there isn’t enough here to make someone a fan who isn’t already interested. Read full review

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