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      <title>Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (Les Blank, 1980)</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[section class=&#34;boxinfo&#34; markdown=&#34;1&#34;&#xA;div class=&#34;title&#34;&#xA;Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (Les Blank, 1980)/div&#xA;div class=&#34;month&#34;&#xA;Dec/div&#xA;div class=&#34;dont-fill&#34;&#xA;/div&#xA;div class=&#34;daynr&#34;&#xA;12/div&#xA;div class=&#34;occasion&#34;&#xA;National 12 Hour Fresh Breath Day/div&#xA;div class=&#34;img&#34;&#xA;Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980)/div&#xA;div class=&#34;caption&#34;&#xA;Three representatives of the garlic festival. Their tees read: THE GARLIC TO SHARE WITH A FRIEND, MINE DOESN&#39;T STINK, and WE LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS. DP: Les Blank./div&#xA;div class=&#34;txt&#34;&#xA;Someone has bad breath on National 12-hour Fresh Breath Day (USA)&#xA;&amp;nbsp;&#xA;&#34;When he shows the 1978 film Always for Pleasure, about the food, music and indigenous culture of New Orleans, [Les Blank] has been known to whip up a pot of red beans and rice in the back of the theatre. [cont. below]\&#xA;&#xA;  &#34;Can you smell the garlic?&#34;&#xA;  ### – Alice Waters. During screenings, the audience would reply with &#34;YES!&#34;\&#xA;&#xA;&#34;At presentations …] Blank can occasionally be spied tossing several heads of garlic into a toaster oven so that the aroma wafts over the audience at just the right mouth-watering moment.&#34; ([via)/div&#xA;div class=&#34;tags&#34;&#xA;##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #National12HourFreshBreathDay #LesBlank #WernerHerzog #AliceWaters #garlic #food #documentary #USA #1980s ★★★½ /div&#xA;/section ]]&gt;</description>
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<h4 id="garlic-is-as-good-as-ten-mothers-les-blank-1980-div" id="garlic-is-as-good-as-ten-mothers-les-blank-1980-div">Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (Les Blank, 1980)</div></h4>

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<h6 id="three-representatives-of-the-garlic-festival-their-tees-read-the-garlic-to-share-with-a-friend-mine-doesn-t-stink-and-we-leave-you-breathless-dp-les-blank-div" id="three-representatives-of-the-garlic-festival-their-tees-read-the-garlic-to-share-with-a-friend-mine-doesn-t-stink-and-we-leave-you-breathless-dp-les-blank-div">Three representatives of the garlic festival. Their tees read: THE GARLIC TO SHARE WITH A FRIEND, MINE DOESN&#39;T STINK, and WE LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS. DP: Les Blank.</div></h6>

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<h5 id="when-he-shows-the-1978-film-always-for-pleasure-about-the-food-music-and-indigenous-culture-of-new-orleans-les-blank-has-been-known-to-whip-up-a-pot-of-red-beans-and-rice-in-the-back-of-the-theatre-cont-below" id="when-he-shows-the-1978-film-always-for-pleasure-about-the-food-music-and-indigenous-culture-of-new-orleans-les-blank-has-been-known-to-whip-up-a-pot-of-red-beans-and-rice-in-the-back-of-the-theatre-cont-below">“When he shows the 1978 film <em>Always for Pleasure</em>, about the food, music and indigenous culture of New Orleans, [Les Blank] has been known to whip up a pot of red beans and rice in the back of the theatre. [cont. below]</h5>

<blockquote><p>“Can you smell the garlic?”</p>

<h3 id="alice-waters-during-screenings-the-audience-would-reply-with-yes" id="alice-waters-during-screenings-the-audience-would-reply-with-yes">– Alice Waters. During screenings, the audience would reply with “YES!”</h3>
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<h5 id="at-presentations-blank-can-occasionally-be-spied-tossing-several-heads-of-garlic-into-a-toaster-oven-so-that-the-aroma-wafts-over-the-audience-at-just-the-right-mouth-watering-moment-via-https-www-washingtonpost-com-wp-dyn-articles-a18754-2005mar8-html-div" id="at-presentations-blank-can-occasionally-be-spied-tossing-several-heads-of-garlic-into-a-toaster-oven-so-that-the-aroma-wafts-over-the-audience-at-just-the-right-mouth-watering-moment-via-https-www-washingtonpost-com-wp-dyn-articles-a18754-2005mar8-html-div">“At presentations […] Blank can occasionally be spied tossing several heads of garlic into a toaster oven so that the aroma wafts over the audience at just the right mouth-watering moment.” (<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18754-2005Mar8.html" rel="nofollow">via</a>)</div></h5>

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<h5 id="bales2023filmchallenge-national12hourfreshbreathday-lesblank-wernerherzog-alicewaters-garlic-food-documentary-usa-1980s-½-div" id="bales2023filmchallenge-national12hourfreshbreathday-lesblank-wernerherzog-alicewaters-garlic-food-documentary-usa-1980s-½-div"><a href="/settima/tag:Bales2023FilmChallenge" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Bales2023FilmChallenge</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:National12HourFreshBreathDay" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">National12HourFreshBreathDay</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:LesBlank" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">LesBlank</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:WernerHerzog" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">WernerHerzog</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:AliceWaters" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">AliceWaters</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:garlic" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">garlic</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:food" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">food</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:documentary" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">documentary</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:USA" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">USA</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:1980s" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">1980s</span></a> ★★★½ </div></h5>

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      <title>Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Les Blank, 1980)</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[section class=&#34;boxinfo&#34; markdown=&#34;1&#34;&#xA;div class=&#34;title&#34;&#xA;Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Les Blank, 1980)/div&#xA;div class=&#34;month&#34;&#xA;Nov/div&#xA;div class=&#34;dont-fill&#34;&#xA;/div&#xA;div class=&#34;daynr&#34;&#xA;8/div&#xA;div class=&#34;occasion&#34;&#xA;Cook Something Bold Day/div&#xA;div class=&#34;img&#34;&#xA;Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980)/div&#xA;div class=&#34;caption&#34;&#xA;Herzog prepares his left suede Clarks in Alice Waters&#39; restaurant kitchen. DP: Les Blank./div&#xA;div class=&#34;txt&#34;&#xA;##### After boiling for five hours in a concoction of #garlic, herbs, and stock, the shoe was ready to eat and #Herzog could keep his promise to fellow director Errol Morris.&#xA;&#xA;  &#34;More shoes, more boots, more garlic.&#34;&#xA;  ### – Werner Herzog\&#xA;&#xA;/div&#xA;div class=&#34;tags&#34;&#xA;##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #CookSomethingBoldDay #LesBlank #WernerHerzog #ErrolMorris #AliceWaters #ShortFilm #shoes #bet #food #documentary #USA #1980s ★★★★½/div&#xA;/section ]]&gt;</description>
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<h6 id="herzog-prepares-his-left-suede-clarks-in-alice-waters-restaurant-kitchen-dp-les-blank-div" id="herzog-prepares-his-left-suede-clarks-in-alice-waters-restaurant-kitchen-dp-les-blank-div">Herzog prepares his left suede Clarks in Alice Waters&#39; restaurant kitchen. DP: Les Blank.</div></h6>

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<h5 id="after-boiling-for-five-hours-in-a-concoction-of-garlic-herbs-and-stock-the-shoe-was-ready-to-eat-and-herzog-could-keep-his-promise-to-fellow-director-errol-morris" id="after-boiling-for-five-hours-in-a-concoction-of-garlic-herbs-and-stock-the-shoe-was-ready-to-eat-and-herzog-could-keep-his-promise-to-fellow-director-errol-morris">After boiling for five hours in a concoction of <a href="/settima/tag:garlic" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">garlic</span></a>, herbs, and stock, the shoe was ready to eat and <a href="/settima/tag:Herzog" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Herzog</span></a> could keep his promise to fellow director Errol Morris.</h5>

<blockquote><p>“More shoes, more boots, more garlic.”</p>

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<h5 id="bales2023filmchallenge-cooksomethingboldday-lesblank-wernerherzog-errolmorris-alicewaters-shortfilm-shoes-bet-food-documentary-usa-1980s-½-div" id="bales2023filmchallenge-cooksomethingboldday-lesblank-wernerherzog-errolmorris-alicewaters-shortfilm-shoes-bet-food-documentary-usa-1980s-½-div"><a href="/settima/tag:Bales2023FilmChallenge" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Bales2023FilmChallenge</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:CookSomethingBoldDay" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">CookSomethingBoldDay</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:LesBlank" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">LesBlank</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:WernerHerzog" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">WernerHerzog</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:ErrolMorris" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">ErrolMorris</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:AliceWaters" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">AliceWaters</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:ShortFilm" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">ShortFilm</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:shoes" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">shoes</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:bet" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">bet</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:food" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">food</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:documentary" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">documentary</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:USA" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">USA</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:1980s" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">1980s</span></a> ★★★★½</div></h5>

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      <title>Alice&#39;s Restaurant (Arthur Penn, 1969)</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[section class=&#34;boxinfo&#34; markdown=&#34;1&#34;&#xA;div class=&#34;title&#34;&#xA;Alice&#39;s Restaurant (Arthur Penn, 1969)/div&#xA;div class=&#34;month&#34;&#xA;Jan/div&#xA;div class=&#34;dont-fill&#34;&#xA;/div&#xA;div class=&#34;daynr&#34;&#xA;13/div&#xA;div class=&#34;occasion&#34;&#xA;Stephen Foster Memorial Day/div&#xA;div class=&#34;img&#34;&#xA;Alice&#39;s Restaurant (1969)/div&#xA;div class=&#34;caption&#34;&#xA;Arlo (Arlo Guthrie,  son of legendary folk musician Woody) jams with his film-dad Pete Seeger. DP: Michael Nebbia./div&#xA;div class=&#34;txt&#34;&#xA;A songwriter as the lead.\&#xA;&#xA;  &#34;This song is called &#39;Alice&#39;s Restaurant&#39;, and it&#39;s about Alice. And the restaurant. But Alice&#39;s Restaurant is not the name of the restaurant, that&#39;s just the name of the song. And that&#39;s why I called the song &#39;Alice&#39;s Restaurant&#39;.&#xA;  ### – Arlo Guthrie, intro to &#34;Alice’s Restaurant Massacree&#34; (1967)\&#xA;&#xA;/div&#xA;div class=&#34;tags&#34;&#xA;##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #StephenFosterMemorialDay #ArthurPenn #ArloGuthrie #PatriciaQuinn #PeteSeeger #AliceBrock #AliceWaters #JoniMitchell #MichaelNebbia #food #drama #music #comedy #biography #AlicesRestaurant #Thanksgiving #hippies #counterculture #USA #1960s ★★★½/div&#xA;/section ]]&gt;</description>
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<h6 id="arlo-arlo-guthrie-son-of-legendary-folk-musician-woody-jams-with-his-film-dad-pete-seeger-dp-michael-nebbia-div" id="arlo-arlo-guthrie-son-of-legendary-folk-musician-woody-jams-with-his-film-dad-pete-seeger-dp-michael-nebbia-div">Arlo (Arlo Guthrie,  son of legendary folk musician Woody) jams with his film-dad Pete Seeger. DP: Michael Nebbia.</div></h6>

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<h5 id="a-songwriter-as-the-lead" id="a-songwriter-as-the-lead">A songwriter as the lead.</h5>

<blockquote><p>“This song is called &#39;Alice&#39;s Restaurant&#39;, and it&#39;s about Alice. And the restaurant. But Alice&#39;s Restaurant is not the name of the restaurant, that&#39;s just the name of the song. And that&#39;s why I called the song &#39;Alice&#39;s Restaurant&#39;.</p>

<h3 id="arlo-guthrie-intro-to-alice-s-restaurant-massacree-1967" id="arlo-guthrie-intro-to-alice-s-restaurant-massacree-1967">– Arlo Guthrie, intro to “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” (1967)</h3>
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