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Always for Pleasure is a 1978 documentary film by Les Blank about social traditions in New Orleans, Louisiana. The film has footage of musical events, Mardi Gras Indians, a "jazz funeral" with traditional music, various second-line parades and cooking and eating of red beans and rice and a crawfish boil.
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- Les Blank
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Les Blank: Always for Pleasure. An uncompromisingly independent filmmaker, Les Blank made documentaries for nearly fifty years, elegantly disappearing with his camera into cultural spots rarely seen on-screen—mostly on the peripheries of the United States, but also occasionally abroad.
Directed by Les Blank. An intense insider’s portrait of New Orleans’ street celebrations and unique cultural gumbo: Second-line parades, Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest. Features live music from Professor Longhair, the Wild Tchoupitoulas, the Neville Brothers and more. This glorious, soul-satisfying film is among Blank’s special masterworks.
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- Les Blank
Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999. An intense insider's portrait of New Orleans' street celebrations and unique cultural gumbo: Second-line parades, Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest. Features live music from Professor Longhair, the Wild Tchoupitoulas, the Neville Brothers and more.
Always for Pleasure Now Playing 58m Documentary Music List Reviews 60% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings The streets of New Orleans come alive with festivals, parades and music.
- Documentary, Music
Always for Pleasure (1978) is prototypical, and potentially Blank's most exuberant film. An hour-long assemblage, the film drops down into some outer parishes of New Orleans in the springtime, when parade season leading up to Mardi Gras is in full swing. Typically, Blank isn't concerned with the full spectacle of the main line Mardi Gras parade ...
