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Very sad news...the wonderful documentary filmmaker Les Blank has died.
I love his movie "Sprout Wings and Fly".
Les Blank, the poetic documentary filmmaker who gave voice to the obscure and gap-toothed, died Sunday at his home in the Berkeley Hills.
He was 77 and the cause of death was bladder cancer, said his son, Harrod Blank.
Over a span of 40 years, Mr. Blank averaged a film a year. He covered topics ranging from Afro-Cuban drummers to Appalachian fiddlers to flower children to a search for the perfect tea leaf in China. One work, 1980's "Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers," was screened accompanied by an in-theater roaster, introducing the phenomenon of "Aromaround" to theater audiences....
Documentary filmmaker Les Blank, 77, dies - SFGate
I love his movie "Sprout Wings and Fly".
Les Blank, the poetic documentary filmmaker who gave voice to the obscure and gap-toothed, died Sunday at his home in the Berkeley Hills.
He was 77 and the cause of death was bladder cancer, said his son, Harrod Blank.
Over a span of 40 years, Mr. Blank averaged a film a year. He covered topics ranging from Afro-Cuban drummers to Appalachian fiddlers to flower children to a search for the perfect tea leaf in China. One work, 1980's "Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers," was screened accompanied by an in-theater roaster, introducing the phenomenon of "Aromaround" to theater audiences....
Documentary filmmaker Les Blank, 77, dies - SFGate
