lesblank — settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:lesblank @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:48:37 +0200 Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (Les Blank, 1980) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/garlic-is-as-good-as-ten-mothers-1980 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (Les Blank, 1980)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 12/div div class="occasion" National 12 Hour Fresh Breath Day/div div class="img" Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980)/div div class="caption" 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 div class="txt" Someone has bad breath on National 12-hour Fresh Breath Day (USA)   "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]\ "Can you smell the garlic?" ### – Alice Waters. During screenings, the audience would reply with "YES!"\ "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)/div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #National12HourFreshBreathDay #LesBlank #WernerHerzog #AliceWaters #garlic #food #documentary #USA #1980s ★★★½ /div /section ]]>

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (Les Blank, 1980)

Dec

12

National 12 Hour Fresh Breath Day

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980)

Someone has bad breath on National 12-hour Fresh Breath Day (USA)

“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]

“Can you smell the garlic?”

– Alice Waters. During screenings, the audience would reply with “YES!”

“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)

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #National12HourFreshBreathDay #LesBlank #WernerHerzog #AliceWaters #garlic #food #documentary #USA #1980s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/garlic-is-as-good-as-ten-mothers-1980 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 17:51:25 +0100 Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Les Blank, 1980) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/werner-herzog-eats-his-shoe-1980 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Les Blank, 1980)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 8/div div class="occasion" Cook Something Bold Day/div div class="img" Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980)/div div class="caption" Herzog prepares his left suede Clarks in Alice Waters' restaurant kitchen. DP: Les Blank./div div class="txt" ##### 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. "More shoes, more boots, more garlic." ### – Werner Herzog\ /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #CookSomethingBoldDay #LesBlank #WernerHerzog #ErrolMorris #AliceWaters #ShortFilm #shoes #bet #food #documentary #USA #1980s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Les Blank, 1980)

Nov

8

Cook Something Bold Day

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980)

Herzog prepares his left suede Clarks in Alice Waters' restaurant kitchen. DP: Les Blank.

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.

“More shoes, more boots, more garlic.”

– Werner Herzog

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #CookSomethingBoldDay #LesBlank #WernerHerzog #ErrolMorris #AliceWaters #ShortFilm #shoes #bet #food #documentary #USA #1980s ★★★★½

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