Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980)

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

1980

Documentary

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.

Credits

Director

Les Blank

Cast

Alice Waters as Self - Chez Panisse Restaurant, Berkeley

Christopher Pray as Narrator (voice)

Harrod Blank as Self - Youth Saved From Dysentery

Michael Goodwin as Self - Interviewer, Recordist, Writer, Garlic Peeler

Werner Herzog as Self - Film Director: Nosferatu

Crew

Wim Wenders (Additional Camera)

Les Blank (Director of Photography)