Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers.
Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers . 1980 Directed by Les Blank. In this clip from a new supplement on our release Les Blank: Always for Pleasure, we get the story of how Blank’s pungent documentary Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers came about from his collaborator Maureen Gosling and the unapologetically garlic-loving chef Alice Waters, of Chez Panisse fame, a central figure in the film. Log in . Director. Blank interviews chefs, garlic lovers, and historians about the their love of the 'stinking rose.' GARLIC IS AS GOOD AS TEN MOTHERS: Remembering Les Producer and programmer Tom Luddy and chef Alice Waters’s long friendship with director Les Blank began in Berkeley, California, in the late 1960s. 1980. This lip-smacking foray into the history, consumption, cultivation and culinary/curative powers of the stinking rose features chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse, and a flavorful musical soundtrack. A documentary on the history of garlic. Synopsis. Luddy fell in love with Blank’s films then, and Waters hosted Blank regularly at her restaurant.
Skip to Content. Synopsis. Watch now. Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers's main thesis is to understand why garlic had long lacked in popularity in America, and what was at that time causing a change in its reputation. 51 mins. Blank centers his study on the annual garlic festival in Gilroy, a Northern Californian town where much of the country's garlic is grown. A film about garlic? Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers is a 1980 documentary film about garlic directed by Les Blank.In 2004, the film was selected for preservation in the United States’ National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” The Academy Film Archive preserved Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers in 1999.
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A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. Directed by Les Blank. With Anzonini Del Puerto, Kathleen Bendel, Harrod Blank, Mary T. Brown. Cast; Crew; Details ; Genre; Cast. Director.
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A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. Only Les Blank could pull it off. Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers.
In this love letter to "the stinking rose," documentarian Les Blank interviews garlic fanatics of all stripes, from cooks to members of garl. 1980 Directed by Les Blank. Cast; Crew; Details; Genre; Cast. Criterion Channel Streaming - US VIMEO Streaming (Non-US) Amazon Streaming - UK Amazon Streaming Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980) Buy DVD For Home Use Buy In Box Set* (Home Use) * Box Set contains 14 Les Blank films remastered by Criterion (average price $6.25 per film!)
This lip-smacking foray into the history, consumption, cultivation and culinary/curative powers of the stinking rose features chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse, and a flavorful musical soundtrack.