Criterion Reflections – Episode 96 – Les Blank’s Spend It All & A Well Spent Life

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Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. This fourth season of the podcast features conversations about movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually receive the Criterion imprimatur. In this episode, David is joined by Josh Hornbeck and Adam Spieckermann to discuss Spend It All and A Well Spent Life, two films directed by Les Blank.

Les Blank

• LesBlank.com (official)
• Vimeo (official)
• The Criterion Collection
• The Criterion Channel
• Letterboxd
• Wikipedia
• Alternative Projections
• Cinema-Scope
• Directors Guild of America
• IndieWire
• MacDowell
• This Long Century
• New York Times (obituary)

Spend It All

• The Criterion Channel
• Letterboxd
• New York Times (1972)
• Dennis Schwarz

A Well Spent Life

• The Criterion Channel
• Letterboxd
• New York Times (1972)
• Dennis Schwarz
• The New Yorker

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