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Alice Waters

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2662 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

As the mother of the “farm to table“ movement, Alice Waters has changed the way food is prepared and served in countless restaurants around the world. She opened Chez Panisse 50 years ago in Berkeley, California and is still going strong. She is also a diehard film buff who named her establishment after a character in the timeless Marcel Pagnol movies of the 1930s (Marius, Cesar, Fanny). Leonard and Jessie have gotten to know her as a regular attendee of the Telluride film festival and, through this conversation, enjoyed learning more about her background and philosophy.

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That's patreon.com slash malton on movies. Hey folks, we have a most

0:56.6

unusual guest today because she is not from the world of show business. Alice Waters is a

1:03.1

headliner, you might say, in the world of food. Her adoption of the farm to table concept has almost become a cliche, but she is no cliche. She's an

1:16.0

original. She is somebody who stakes out new territory and then uses it in such a creative and

1:26.8

determined way that she inspires others to follow.

1:30.8

She has mentored so many of the leading chefs and restaurateurs in this country and around the

1:39.0

globe. But it turns out she's also a major movie lover. Which is how we know her.

1:46.0

And for many, many years, her partner was a fellow named Tom Lutty, who is the co-founder

1:51.7

of the Telluride Film Festival.

1:53.4

And if you listen to our show, you know that that festival for us is sort of our, what we call

1:57.9

our home festival.

1:59.4

My parents have been going since 1979.

2:02.1

My first is when I was two years a whole.

2:04.7

So it's very precious to us.

2:06.8

But Tom really got her into film in a different way,

2:12.6

introduced her to different aspects of it,

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