How to Smell a Rose - A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
2016
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How to Smell A Rose documents Les Blank's visit with the legendary co-founder of Direct Cinema, Richard Leacock (1921-2011), in 2000. At his farm in Normandy, France, Blank, and co-director Gina Leibrecht, recorded conversations with Leacock about his life, his work, and his other passion: cooking! In the early sixties, together with Robert Drew, D.A. Pennebaker, and the Maysles brothers, Leacock changed the way documentary films were made.. Leacock's technical and aesthetic innovations were instrumental in creating America's version of cinema verite . His quest was to create, the feeling of being there. While cooking, and taking walks in the French countryside, Leacock shares with Blank the memorable moments of his filmmaking career, and the extraordinary people he met along the way..
Author:
Les Blank Films (Firm), distributorKanopy (Firm), distributor
Imprint:
Les Blank Films, 2015.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (63 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
In Process Record.Title from title frames.FilmOriginally produced by Les Blank Films in 2015.In English
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
BRN:
333193
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http://baysidelib.kanopy.com/node/191869 - A Kanopy streaming videohttps://www.kanopystreaming.com/node/191869/external-image - Cover Image
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