Documentary · United States of America · 1980 · 51m

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers poster
Director
Les Blank
Cast
Alice Waters as Self - Chez Panisse Restaurant, Berkeley Werner Herzog as Self - Film Director: Nosferatu Harrod Blank as Self - Youth Saved From Dysentery Michael Goodwin as Self - Interviewer, Recordist, Writer, Garlic Peeler Christopher Pray as Narrator (voice)
Crew
Les Blank — Director of Photography Maureen Gosling — Editor Les Blank — Producer
Synopsis

A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. 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. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.

Trailer Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
garlic
Key Collaborators
Les Blank Director Les Blank Director of Photography Maureen Gosling Editor Les Blank Producer
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