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Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
6.8
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1h 40m
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2019
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Released
Overview
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

Cast
Al Adamson poster
Al Adamson
Himself (archive footage)
Fred Olen Ray poster
Fred Olen Ray
Self
Marilyn Joi poster
Marilyn Joi
Gary Kent poster
Gary Kent
Robert Dix poster
Robert Dix
John "Bud" Cardos poster
John "Bud" Cardos
Tim Ferrante poster
Tim Ferrante
David Konow poster
David Konow
Leslie McRay poster
Leslie McRay
Chris Poggiali poster
Chris Poggiali
Linda Sherman poster
Linda Sherman
Samuel M. Sherman poster
Samuel M. Sherman
Russ Tamblyn poster
Russ Tamblyn
Zandor Vorkov poster
Zandor Vorkov
Michael J. Weldon poster
Michael J. Weldon
Sharyn Wynters poster
Sharyn Wynters
Biff Yeager poster
Biff Yeager
Vilmos Zsigmond poster
Vilmos Zsigmond
Gary Graver poster
Gary Graver
Himself (archive footage)
John Bloom poster
John Bloom
Himself (archive footage)

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