Title:
The botany of desire
ISBN:
9780793670840
Publication Information:
[Arlington, Va.?] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, c2009.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Based on the book by Michael Pollan.
Originally produced for television in 2009.
Bonus features: deleted scenes; panel discussion on the interdisciplinary importance of The Botany of desire (19 min.); additional interview with Michael Pollan (29 min.)
Contents:
Introduction -- Apples: the desire for sweetness -- Apples as a commodity -- Tulips: the desire for beauty -- Breeding tulips -- Marijuana: the desire for intoxication -- The science behind marijuana -- Potatoes: the desire for control -- Today's potato monoculture -- The web of life.
Personal Subject:
Summary:
Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato - and the corresponding human desires - sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan's garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests of Kazakhstan, from a medical marijuana hot house to the tulip markets of Amsterdam.
System Details:
DVD, REGION 1, NTSC, WIDESCREEN; DOLBY 2.0 STEREO.
Language Note:
CLOSED-CAPTIONED.
