A Poem Is a Naked Person DVD

Release Year: 1974

Runtime: 96 min

Director: Les Blank

Cast: Leon Russell, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Malissa Bates, David Briggs

Studios: Les Blank Films, Skyhill Films

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).

Special Features:

New, restored 2K digital transfer

Supervised by executive producer Harrod Blank, director Les Blank’s son.

New conversation

Between musician Leon Russell and Harrod Blank.

Excerpts from a 2013 Q&A with Les Blank

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A Film’s Forty-Year Journey: The Making of “A Poem Is a Naked Person”

A new documentary featuring interviews with Harrod Blank, assistant editor and sound recordist Maureen Gosling, and artist Jim Franklin.

Out in the Woods

A short documentary by Gosling.

Trailers

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PLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones

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Technical Specifications:

• 2K digital transfer
• Monaural
• 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio
• Dolby Digital 1.0