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Jul 2, 2015
90
Whiskery and restless, grooving and grotesque, the documentarian Les Blank's long-suppressed film A Poem Is a Naked Person plays like your memories of some mad, stoned last-century summer.
Jun 30, 2015
88
Even Les Blank's most conventional work remains an elusive vision, punctuated by cultural insights that elude many filmmakers for their entire careers.
Jun 30, 2015
80
A Poem Is A Naked Person is littered with striking moments that fit casually into Blank’s study of fame and aspiration.
Jul 9, 2015
80
Its oddball colors and willful wanderings betray a sweet, savory, uncompromising air that showcases Russell's uniquely fused brand of American harmony with rascally ebullience.
Jul 14, 2015
80
A time capsule capturing the flavor of early-'70s bohemian life in Oklahoma and Texas.
Jul 14, 2015
80
Even the less immediately engaging material here helps build an uncannily cohesive snapshot of a very specific time and place, and the past decades have only given it a bittersweet edge.
Jul 13, 2016
80
Russell is the magnetic epicentre of a much broader contemplation on the nature of being, creation and self-truth at a time of peace and love.
Aug 5, 2015
78
At one point, a rapt concertgoer enthuses about Russell, “The guy’s a gas!” So, too, is this thankfully restored film.
