How to Smell a Rose - A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
Streaming video - 2015
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 filmmakin...g career, and the extraordinary people he met along the way..
- Subjects
- Genres
- Documentary films
- Published
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Les Blank Films
2015.
2016. - Language
- English
- Online Access
- A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image - Item Description
- In Process Record.
Title from title frames.
Film - Physical Description
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (63 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Playing Time
- 01:02:28
- Format
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Access
- AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).