How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
2014, English. Directed by Les Blank & Gina Leibrecht.
In the year 2000, Les Blank, along with co-filmmaker Gina Leibrecht, visited Richard Leacock (1921-2011) at his farm in Normandy, France and recorded conversations with him about his life, his work, and his other passion: cooking! With the flair of a seasoned raconteur, Leacock recounts key moments in his seventy years as a filmmaker and the innovations that he, D.A. Pennebaker, Albert Maysles and others invented that revolutionized documentary filmmaking, and explores the mystery of creativity. With the passing of both Blank and Leacock, the documentary is a moving insight into the lives of two seminal figures in the history of film.
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How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy is streaming on Criterion Channel in India.
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- 31 August 2014
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Who directed How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy?
How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy (2014) was directed by Les Blank and Gina Leibrecht and stars Richard Leacock, Les Blank.