Godfather of eat-what-your-great-grandmother-ate thinking Michael Pollan joins Going Clear documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney for a new Netflix docuseries called Cooked. Similar to his book and subsequent PBS movie The Botany of Desire, which looked at food and food history through the lens of four plants, Cooked will be split into four sections along the elements fire, water, air, and earth. If the good Planeteer inside of you is screaming, Where's the heart? Pollan has that running throughout: "Is there any practice less selfish, any time less wasted than preparing something delicious for the people you love?" Cooked will be available for streaming on Netflix February 19.
- 2/4/2016
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
From best-selling author Michael Pollan (*The Botany of Desire, The Omnivore’s Dilemma*, *In Defense of Food), *Oscar-winning filmmake*r *Alex Gibney *(**Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine*, *Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief**, **Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room*), and an all-star cast of directors and cinematographers comes the Netflix Original Documentary Series *Cooked*, which examines the primal human need to cook and issues a clarion call for a return to the kitchen in order to reclaim lost traditions and restore balance to our lives. Each of the series’ four episodes examines one of the physical elements used throughout the ages to transform raw ingredients into delicious dishes: fire, water, air, and earth. *Cooked* takes viewers on a visually stunning journey to meet, among others: an Aboriginal tribe in Western Australia that fire-roasts Australian monitor lizards, a Connecticut Benedictine nun and microbiologist who makes.
- 1/26/2016
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
Netflix has another original series on the way sure to make subscribers’ mouths water. The streaming video provider will release the four-part documentary series Cooked on February 19, 2016,
Cooked takes a look at how the four physical elements used in the history of cooking -- earth, fire, water, and air -- have helped humans fulfill their base desire to cook. For example, the food-centric series will show how Aboriginal natives in Western Australia fire-roast monitor lizards, as well as a Benedictine nun and microbiologist from Connecticut who makes traditional French cheese. Cooked’s main message is to encourage viewers to take control of their own health by rediscovering the joys of cooking at home.
The upcoming Netflix docu-series hails from The Botany of Desire and In Defense of Food author Michael Pollan and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief filmmaker Alex Gibney (both pictured above). Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions produced Cooked alongside Netflix.
Cooked takes a look at how the four physical elements used in the history of cooking -- earth, fire, water, and air -- have helped humans fulfill their base desire to cook. For example, the food-centric series will show how Aboriginal natives in Western Australia fire-roast monitor lizards, as well as a Benedictine nun and microbiologist from Connecticut who makes traditional French cheese. Cooked’s main message is to encourage viewers to take control of their own health by rediscovering the joys of cooking at home.
The upcoming Netflix docu-series hails from The Botany of Desire and In Defense of Food author Michael Pollan and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief filmmaker Alex Gibney (both pictured above). Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions produced Cooked alongside Netflix.
- 1/15/2016
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
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