• Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

  • Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

  • Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe



Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe & Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers



In Conversation

  • Maureen Gosling
  • Gary Meyer

    Gary Meyer cofounded Landmark Theatres, starting with Berkeley’s UC Theater. He publishes EatDrinkFilms.com.

  • L. John Harris

    L. John Harris is an artist, writer, and garlic enthusiast based in Berkeley.

Double Feature

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

Les Blank, Maureen Gosling, United States, 1980

At Berkeley’s UC Theater, Werner Herzog fulfills a promise to Errol Morris upon the completion of Morris’s first film, a consumption made more palatable with the aid of Alice Waters. 

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • Color
  • 16mm
  • 22 mins
source
  • Les Blank Films
permission
  • Janus Films

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

Les Blank, Maureen Gosling, United States, 1980

Les Blank’s paean to the history of the stinking rose features local chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse fame and a host of other garlic lovers who praise its culinary as well as healing attributes. The San Francisco Chronicle called the film “a joyous, nose-tweaking, ear-tingling, mouth-watering tribute to a Life Force.” 

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • Color
  • 16mm
  • 51 mins
source
  • Les Blank Films
permission
  • Janus Films

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