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"The Botany of Desire" airs tonight on PSB: Don't miss it, horitiholics!
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If you've read "The Botany of Desire," you know the provocative nature of Michael Pollan's book, published in 2001. If you have not read this book, but you're a plant-lover, you'll want to tune in tonight when the two-hour documentary version of the book airs on PBS.
In his book, Pollan--also the author of "The Herbivore's Dilemma" and "In Defense of Food," and a participant in the film "Food, Inc."--considered four plants: apples, tulips, marijuana and potatoes as they correspond to the human desires for sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control of nature. The interdependence of plants and people proves fascinating, even if you're not a hortiholic.
Here's an excerpt from a review in last Sunday's New York Times: "As a book, 'The Botany of Desire' weaves together evolution, biology, psychology, literature, poetry, philosophy and Greek myth."
Moving from the page to the small screen posed some challenges, Pollan said, but also included some benefits. Close-up photography and special lenses provide visually interesting perspectives, focusing on the four members of the plant kingdom.
Normally, I rail against television, but I urge you to tune in tonight at 8 in the Denver. You don't even need cable or a satellite dish. This is what I call reality TV.
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