A Well Spent Life (1971)
Many people consider Texas bluesman Mance Lipscomb to be the greatest blues guitarist and songster of all time. This glowing portrait of the legendary musician (also life-long husband and sharecropper) is among Blank’s special masterworks. Instead of growing bitter, tough times made Lipscomb sweet. This is reportedly the favorite film of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
A film by Les Blank with Skip Gerson
44 minutes
1971
- Read a review by Robert Christgau and Carola Dibbell
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Ways to watch
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* Box Set contains 14 Les Blank films remastered by Criterion (average price $6.25 per film!)