How to Cook Your Life
2007 · 93 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 352 VOTES · DIR. Doris Dörrie
Overview
A Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday life.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,148 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:15 Welcome. I am very happy to be here... .
00:05:50 It's easy to go through a whole life... .
00:08:58 And then, the top part. You can see, your handprint...
00:11:55 Then you replace it.
00:14:35 And then, sure enough, I found out how to make bread.
00:19:29 And then, to try and remain somehow connected...
00:24:28 "Why are you poisoning us?
00:27:40 When you stir the soup, stir the soup. "
00:30:28 ...but your knife will find anything that's sticking out.
00:35:23 And the other basic strategy...
00:38:50 Then I'd be angry about washing my face and going to the toilet.
00:44:12 Sometimes I find food in the garbage.
00:48:51 ...with maybe the grated ginger...
00:52:05 Ta-da!
00:56:07 Then you take a hatchet...
00:59:41 ...and be vital soil? How can I do that?"
01:02:35 So Dogen says, " Make a sincere effort. "
01:05:25 Well, I become a hamburger some days.
01:09:02 "Not thinking. "
01:11:46 ...and so forth.
01:15:13 As though it were infinity.
01:19:19 We start trying to make our lives look like...
01:22:40 ...above criticism, beyond any kind of questioning.
01:27:03 Roshi said, "I think you 're all enlightened... .
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,148
Dialogue density12.3 lines / min
First line00:02:15
Final line01:27:03
Production Record
DirectorDoris Dörrie
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes352