Poem is a Naked Person, A

Documentary, Music

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).

The critical consensus

Les Blank’s boldly experimental 1974 film about the US musician Leon Russell veers between inspiration and utter dullness.

(*) (*) Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 07/07/2016

The film can finally be seen as something that captured a moment in time and a real sense of the way life informs art.

(*) Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 08/07/2016

This newly released 70s study of singer-songwriter Leon Russell has a retro beauty to its footage that surpasses its subject.

(*) (*) (*) Wendy Ide, The Observer, 10/07/2016

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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Poem is a Naked Person, A

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