Know Your Mushrooms Explained
| Know Your Mushrooms |
| Director: | Ron Mann |
| Screenplay: | Ron Mann |
| Producer: | Ron Mann |
| Starring: | Larry Evans
Gary Lincoff |
| Cinematography: | Andy Keen
Brian T. Moore |
| Editing: | Simon Ennis
Nick Taylor |
| Music: | The Flaming Lips |
| Studio: | Sphinx Productions |
| Distributor: | Films We Like |
| Runtime: | 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.
Know Your Mushrooms is more about hard science and gourmet cuisine than space-outs and the munchies.[10]
Synopsis
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
- 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
Notes and References
- https://www.thestar.com/Entertainment/article/579494 "Know Your Mushrooms: Fungus film on the button"
- Jason Anderson Know Your Mushrooms. Directed by Ron Mann. (G) 73 min. Opens Jan 30 at the Royal (608 College). Eye Weekly
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1339111/ IMDB
- http://www.danielwinkler.com/id145.htm 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 30 January 2009 The Sun
- http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2009/01/30/mushroom-documentary.html Toronto filmmaker seeks to elevate lowly mushroom
- Peter Howell "Spores score with Ron Mann" The Star 30 January 2009
- News: Yes, yes, psychedelics do come into play. Vaughan. M. 30 Jan 2009. The Globe and Mail.
- News: Fungus film on the button. Howell. Peter. 30 Jan 2009. Toronto Star.
- Web site: Know Your Mushrooms. Docurama.
- Web site: Know your Mushrooms(2008). IMDb.
- Web site: End Fungi-Phobia Now. Mok. Kimberley. 30 March 2009. TreeHugger.
