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Andrej Bogdanov

America's Best Kept Secret - The Films of Les Blank
Andrej Bogdanov
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)

Les Blank's independent films present a series of intimate glimpses into the lives, food, and music of passionate people who live at the periphery of American and world society -- including rural Louisiana cooks, New Orleans musicians, Berkeley chef Alice Waters, a group of Serbian-Americans, and legendary German filmmaker Werner Herzog.
Contact: Andrej Bogdanov, NE43-410, x3-0702, adib@mit.edu

A Celebration of Food
Andrej Bogdanov
"Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers" by Les Blank and Maureen Gosling, US, 1980 / 51 minutes, color

"Yum! Yum! Yum!" by Les Blank, US, 1990 / 31 minutes, color
Tue Jan 16, 07-09:00pm, 4-237

Looking for Adequate Images
Andrej Bogdanov
"Gates of Heaven", by Errol Morris, US, 1978 / 85 minutes, color

"Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe", by Les Blank, US, 1980 / 20 minutes, color
Tue Jan 23, 07-09:00pm, 4-237

Always for Pleasure
Andrej Bogdanov
"Always for Pleasure" by Les Blank, US, 1978 / 58 minutes, color

"Ziveli! Medicine for the Heart", by Les Blank, US, 1987 / 51 minutes, color
Tue Jan 30, 07-09:00pm, 4-237

The Dreamers of the New Wave
Andrej Bogdanov
"Fitzcarraldo", by Werner Herzog, Germany, 1982 / 158 minutes, color

"Burden of Dreams", by Les Blank, US, 1982 / 95 minutes, color
Fri Feb 2, 07-11:00pm, 4-237


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