4 Movies Directed by Les Blank

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Against the audio backdrop of the psychedelically charged music of the day with no dialogue, the proceedings of the first ever Los Angeles Love-In on Easter Sunday, 1967, are presented. A large crowd of people of different ages, sexes, races and seemingly social backgrounds have converged on a grassy field. Music abounds - some formally presented on stage, with other impromptu within the crowds - while people groove in their own way to what they hear. They are all there to express and celebrate their freedoms most specifically about love, both individual love and societal love.

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A documentary on the history of garlic. Blank interviews chefs, garlic lovers, and historians about the their love of the 'stinking rose.'

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A documentary on the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's epic Fitzcarraldo (1982), showing how the film managed to get made despite problems that would have floored a less obsessively driven director. Not only does he have major casting problems, losing both Jason Robards (health) and Mick Jagger (other commitments) halfway through shooting, but the crew gets caught up in a war between Peru and Ecuador, there are problems with the weather and the morale of cast and crew is falling rapidly.

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A portrait of the life, culture and food surrounding the lovers of Polka music. The title is taken from an old Polka standard. Stars of the Polka world are highlighted.