| Know Your Mushrooms | |
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| Directed by | Ron Mann |
| Written by | Ron Mann |
| Screenplay by | Ron Mann |
| Produced by | Ron Mann |
| Starring | Larry Evans Gary Lincoff |
| Cinematography | Andy Keen Brian T. Moore |
| Edited by | Simon Ennis Nick Taylor |
| Music by | The Flaming Lips |
Production company | Sphinx Productions |
| Distributed by | Films We Like |
Release date |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Know Your Mushrooms is a 2008 documentary film by Canadian director Ron Mann.[1][2]
The 74 minute Sphinx Productions[3] film examines the counterculture Telluride Mushroom Festival,[4] held annually in Telluride, Colorado and some of the mycologists and funghiphiles that gather there such as Larry Evans[5][6] and Gary Lincoff,[7] author of seven mushroom identification guidebooks,[8] including the Audubon Field Guide to Mushrooms.[9]
The soundtrack includes music by the Flaming Lips and The Sadies.[2]
Know Your Mushrooms is more about hard science and gourmet cuisine than space-outs and the munchies.[10]
Synopsis[edit]
Director Ron Mann and his partners at the first Telluride Mushroom Festival in Colorado, collect and consume mushrooms of every variety, particularly the aesthetically unappealing.[11] Mushroom fans and fungi experts explore and investigate during the four-day festival. Gary Lincoff and mycologist Larry Evans lead a wild mushroom hunt.[12]
- Day One: Displays of local mushrooms and cooking demonstrations.
- Day Two: Discussion and lecture.
- Day Three: Health effects of fungi and cultural roles.[13] Discussion include mushroom's potential, for example, possible anti-cancer properties or mythological significance in shamanistic cultures.[14]
- Day Four: A parade. Quizzes and short animations present controversial fungi, such as magic mushroom and fly agaric, the documentary provides an in-depth introduction to fungi.
Cast[edit]
- Larry Evans as Larry Evans
- Gary Lincoff as Gary Lincoff
- Andrew Weil as Andrew Weil
- John Cage as John Cage
- Terence McKenna as Terence McKenna
- John Allegro as John Allegro
References[edit]
- ^ "Know Your Mushrooms: Fungus film on the button" Toronto: The Star
- ^ a b Jason Anderson Know Your Mushrooms. Directed by Ron Mann. (G) 73 min. Opens Jan 30 at the Royal (608 College). Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine Eye Weekly
- ^ IMDB
- ^ Photo report from the 2008 Telluride Mushroom Festival
- ^ Larry Evans Larry's fungal jungal
- ^ Chris Knight "Know Your Mushrooms: You don’t win friends with salad, but you do with fungi" National Post
- ^ Jim Slotek 'Mushroom' full of cool people, facts[usurped] 30 January 2009 The Sun
- ^ Toronto filmmaker seeks to elevate lowly mushroom CBC 30 January 2009
- ^ Peter Howell "Spores score with Ron Mann" The Star 30 January 2009
- ^ Vaughan, M (30 Jan 2009). "Yes, yes, psychedelics do come into play". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ Howell, Peter (30 Jan 2009). "Fungus film on the button". Toronto Star.
- ^ "Know Your Mushrooms". Docurama.
- ^ "Know your Mushrooms(2008)". IMDb.
- ^ Mok, Kimberley (30 March 2009). "End Fungi-Phobia Now". TreeHugger.
