Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

Les Blank's first student film, made while at USC, starring Gail Blank, Pieter Van Deusen and Les himself. This short pays homage to Ingmar Bergman's Seventh Seal, the film that inspired Blank to become a filmmaker. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

Directed by Les Blank

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Gail Blank

Les Blank

Pieter van Deusen

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