Dr. Susan Block

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  1. PersiaRae
    01 · 19 · 25 @ 10:46 pm

    From the paintings to the medium using eggs, what an amazing video on the history documented by Dr.Suzy! Capturing the amazing energy of this beautiful ranch made me feel like we were there. I loved how all kinds of people were present to see women’s bodies in a more artistic ceremonial Light!

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  2. Dalton Jack
    01 · 18 · 25 @ 8:38 pm

    Wonderful remembrance of a great bon vivant and the bonoboesque community surrounding him. Especially important to share after the fires have destroyed so much.

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  3. Ruby Aruba Ruby
    01 · 18 · 25 @ 10:50 am

    What an enlightened celebration of life and art! This is a peaceful and giving way, with collaboration and love at the forefront

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  4. Linda Marie Smith
    05 · 6 · 15 @ 11:04 am

    Thank you for that wonderful pagan potn film. Lots of naked women. One very happy old man. WOW. I wish I could touch someone’s butt!

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  5. Bruce Bartlett
    05 · 3 · 15 @ 2:09 pm

    A historical masterpiece documenting a time so magical it seems surreal.

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  6. Michael Q S
    05 · 3 · 15 @ 2:06 pm

    It was delightful to be someone interviewed by Doctor Susan while she visited Zorthian. It was also wonderful to be so openly naked there for artists.

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  7. Tracy Vanity
    05 · 3 · 15 @ 2:03 pm

    Dr. Suzy for President!

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  8. Red Sky
    05 · 3 · 15 @ 2:02 pm

    Always beautiful, smart, funny, photogenic and kind….the lovely dr suzy!

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  9. Esteban
    05 · 2 · 15 @ 12:31 am

    Anyone who has ever been to Zorthian Ranch knows the powerful tranquility which emanates from the top of the mountain, the sheer beauty of the view in every direction, and the zen-like gratitude of the locals… There has never existed a better location for positive hedonistic indulgence.

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  10. Brock Suter
    04 · 30 · 15 @ 11:33 am

    in ’00, my friend nico and I spent a whole day at zorthian’s ranch in altadena. jirayr was one of the coolest and most interesting people I’ve ever met in my life. we hiked around his ranch looking at artwork, taking and stopping once in a while to drink a bottle of wine. I think I spent over an hour looking over the ‘feynman wall’ that he, his wife dabney and richard feynman worked on over the years. I could honestly go on for 100+ lines here…it was one of the most amazing days of my life. I was sad to hear of his passing in 2004.
    Great film!

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  11. Jeff W
    04 · 30 · 15 @ 11:31 am

    That was such FUN!

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  12. Sex Positive Chick
    04 · 24 · 15 @ 11:49 am

    This is exactly the kind of vintage footage that makes Dr. Suzy so unique. What a treasure to have the memory of a man and his philosophy saved for posterity in a fashion no one else does. Makes me wish I was around back then to dance nude around this giant of a little man. Thanks for posting this, what a great gem.

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  13. Chelsea Demoiselle (Raw)
    04 · 23 · 15 @ 5:05 pm

    So beautiful. SO beautiful. What an incredibly magical and provocative man!!! This film reaches me in my etheric body, as well as the recesses of my deepest longings for my planet … the mise-en-scéne so rich, luscious, natural in every possible way–art, nymph goddesses, paintings, light and sky–but you caught the light and the shadows to fully showcase this tapestried wealth of history, family, community. From a harrowing tale of a childhood witnessing his native country’s genocide to his gorgeous wife’s etched-by-years face as her story too is brilliantly captured we get to catch a few glimpses of your attentive microphone wielding sunny smile flat-midriff hipster self (love the shot of you in the dark glasses hugging JIrayr towards the end) … not only that, but the 12year old black niece of your assistant was shooting footage with you. That is a real and a solid part of her life forever as well as contributes to the deep tones of this piece; just like Zorthian’s kissing of the baby was a spiritual rite of passage for the entire film as well as the community… lastly, you are a badass. You know how to step out of your life and keenly observe the key elements of a friend’s.

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  14. Lalla S.
    04 · 23 · 15 @ 5:01 pm

    In love, aside from sipping the wine of timelessness,
    nothing else exists.
    There is no reason for living except for giving one’s life.
    I said, “First I know you, then I die.”
    He said, “For the one who knows Me, there is no dying.”–Rumi fm Coleman Barks

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  15. Del Rey
    04 · 23 · 15 @ 12:39 am

    What a great piece from the archive. I am so glad that this film was brought back to the light of day. Indeed this is a real treasure to watch.

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  16. Charles Coffman
    04 · 22 · 15 @ 1:33 am

    This is really great! Very sorry that I missed the actual event. I was only once at Zorthian’s ranch, I think in 1999, at the annual event. I also met and spoke with him at the Forest Lawn funeral of model LaLa Lezlie a few years later. He was the same age as her at the time — 92!

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  17. Alan Zorthian
    04 · 22 · 15 @ 1:32 am

    Very nice film.

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  18. CJH
    04 · 22 · 15 @ 1:31 am

    My new hero.

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  19. Bruce Bartlett
    04 · 22 · 15 @ 1:29 am

    One of the most phenomenal short bio movies I have ever seen/experienced. What a gift!

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  20. Aman Chaudary
    04 · 22 · 15 @ 1:29 am

    Great to see this again!

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  21. Jonathan Bickart
    04 · 22 · 15 @ 1:27 am

    Thanks for reminding me of the great powers of the muse, you all look so inspiring ,Zorthian was blessed to have created an amazing scene to surround his life with.

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  22. Rocky Angel
    04 · 22 · 15 @ 1:26 am

    I really like this. Once again, you’ve turned me on to a place where I’d really like to go. Thank you, Suzy!

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  23. Howie Gordon aka Richard Pacheco
    04 · 22 · 15 @ 1:23 am

    Dr. Block, you continue to amaze me! xo, – H.

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  24. Gavin Turnbull
    04 · 22 · 15 @ 12:27 am

    Wow… such life and exuberance! I wan to run naked… sorry nude in the streets!

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  25. Jennifer Fabos Patton
    04 · 22 · 15 @ 12:26 am

    Nice to see this again. :)

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  26. SerenaGaia
    04 · 22 · 15 @ 12:25 am

    very enjoyable. what a grace to see. the guy looked truly delighted, and the dancers were so beautiful. what a gift. thank you!

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  27. Gary Moore
    04 · 22 · 15 @ 12:23 am

    I have fond memories of Jerry (Jirayr) and Dabney – they were two of the first people I met when I moved to Pasadena.

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  28. Rachel Resnick
    04 · 22 · 15 @ 12:22 am

    Oh Susan M Block. You’re the bomb. The documenter, trail blazer, bombardier of bawdy. No holds barred. Thank you for this wild raw inspiring slice of history and thank you for you!

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  29. Max
    04 · 22 · 15 @ 12:20 am

    Great piece Dr. Suzy, totally not HD technology. Just a beautiful moving digital painting on an old Sharp View Cam. I love it and I love you too….

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