Thailand Moment
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11m
Directed by Les Blank • 2015 • United States
One of Les Blank’s earliest independent films is an impressionistic travelogue—featuring beautiful color cinematography—of a 1967 trip to Thailand, shot largely in and around Bangkok. The film was put aside and completed after Blank’s death by his collaborators.
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