Film

Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

1960 · 4m

IMDb

6.0

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.

Gail Blank

Les Blank

Pieter van Deusen

• Les BlankDirector

Release date

January 1, 1960

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

4m

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