Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: March 29, 2015
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Les Blank (Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers) considered 1974’s A Poem is a Naked Person—a free-form feature documentary about beloved singer-songwriter Leon Russell, filmed between 1972 and 1974—to be one of his greatest accomplishments. Yet it has not been released until now.
Leon Russell in A Poem is a Naked Person
Hired by Russell to film him at his recording studio in northeast Oklahoma, Blank ended up constructing a unique, intimate portrait of a musician and his environment. Made up of mesmerizing scenes of Russell and his band performing, both in concert and in the studio, as well as off-the-cuff moments behind the scenes, this singular film—which also features performances by Willie Nelson and George Jones—has attained legendary status over the years.
Not officially released until now, A Poem is a Naked Person is a work of rough beauty that serves as testament to Blank’s cinematic daring and Russell’s immense musical talents.
Criterion’s Blu-ray and DVD editions of the film include the following:
- New, restored 2K digital transfer, supervised by executive producer Harrod Blank, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• New interviews with Harrod Blank, musician Leon Russell, assistant editor Maureen Gosling, and artist Jim Franklin
• Behind-the-scenes material, shot and edited by Gosling
• Trailers
• More!
• An essay by critic Kent Jones
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