Movie: Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson

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Al Adamson
Al Adamson

Himself (archive footage)

Fred Olen Ray
Fred Olen Ray

Self

Marilyn Joi
Marilyn Joi

Gary Kent
Gary Kent

Robert Dix
Robert Dix

John "Bud" Cardos
John "Bud" Cardos

Tim Ferrante
Tim Ferrante

David Konow
David Konow

Leslie McRay
Leslie McRay

Chris Poggiali
Chris Poggiali

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    Brought to life through archival material and the reflections of over 40 colleagues, friends and fans, BLOOD & FLESH is much more than the story of a moviemaking life most unusual. It beautifully captures the worlds of outsider filmmaker communities that existed in California in the ’70s, and the weird ways they intersected with Hollywood mainstream and union indies. On Adamson shoots, regular Orson Welles crew and cinematographers like Gary Graver, Vilmos Szigmond and Lazlo Kovaks worked alongside Bud Cardos — and at one point, Charles Manson! Director David Gregory (founder of Severin Films, director of LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU) spent years making this film, speaking to everyone down to the cops who investigated Adamson’s murder, vividly encapsulating both a bold life and tragic demise, with alien conspiracies, go-go dancers and Colonel Sanders coming in along the way. If you’ve got even a passing interest in cinema, you want to see this

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    2019-08-23

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    6.8

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    English

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