“Stick with me kid, you’ll be farting through silk”.
farting and “Sophisticated” in the same thread title…
MASTER OF DISGUISE (2002, Perry Blake)
that’s supposed to be a “sophisticated” movie?
I’m surprised no one’s mentioned Amarcord, which is more sensitive and lyrical than any movie with so many fart jokes has any right to be.
^ Oh hey, that reminds me of Satyricon. Squeezes in some great high art farts.
nothing beats Ozu’s Good Morning
35 shots of rum
I was going to say 35 Shots of Rum as well.
Also Amarcord: “Uno, due, tre fart. Uno, due, tre fart.”
Ian Curtis biopic ‘Control’.
I still haven’t brought myself to watch the whole thing, but Godard himself farts in King Lear: Fear and Loathing (at least that’s how I remember it).
Fanny and Alexander. Apropos, no?
Ohayo
If I’m remembering correctly, there’s a scene in Stroszek where his friend lights his fart.
I think there are farts in Cuaron’s last three movies Y Tu Mama Tambien, Harry Potter 3 and Children of Men. Im not sure about Little Princess, Great Expectations and Solo con tu Pareja. There is a fart in Lake Tahoe during a very serious moment and it releaves a lot of tension.
“Dances With Wolves”
“La Grande Bouffe.”
Well, if Blazing Saddles isn’t sophisticated cinema then I don’t want to know what is.
I just saw the beautiful Japanese film KABEI, OUR MOTHER (2008, Yoji Yamada)
It is a gorgeous film about one family’s true struggle in Japan during WWII.
At one point, the family decides to take in the mother’s middle-aged uncle. He is a rather boorish character, though sympathetic ultimately. But the teenaged daughter of the house dislikes him because he “farts all the time”.
The “ghost” mom fart attack scene in “Volver” comes to mind.
Cornica,
I was just thinking about that one. Who knew a fart could almost give you away. LOL
Shaun of the Dead :)
Wertmuller’s Seven Beauties – as Pasqualino handles the corpse of the dead pimp, it lets loose a few…
How exactly is Shaun Of The Dead a “sophisticated” film in your opinion, Vertigo?
Seriously, I’d like to know.
The Madness of King George
Blake Edwards’ 10 has one of the funniest scenes of all
Fanny and Alexander.
I find South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut very sophisticated, but I suppose you wouldn’t. :)
Actually, I WOULD find South Park to be pretty sophisticated, thank you very MUCH!
As for me, hmmm…the only films I can think of at the moment are Rango, The Lion King and, maybe, Blazing Saddles, but I’m sure there are better examples out there.
Forest-fart in Last King of Scotland.
BARFLY- not sure about it being sophisticated, whatever than means…
Fanny and Alexander
South Park
Black Robe. When the Algonquins and the missionaries bed down for the night, some serious passing of gas takes place wihtin their shelter.
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. Timothy Carey, as gangster Flo, goes off on a short tirade about farting to Cosmo. Cassevetes left it in. No passing of gas takes place during the scene, but Carey actually believed that farting was essential for well being, and attributed the suppression of farting as a major cause of illness. In the ten year commemoration DVD of Reservoir Dogs’ special features, Tarantino explains this in more detail. Tarantino called Carey in for a reading for the part of Joe. Carey then shared his strong views on the benefits of flatulence. Lawrence Tierney got the part.
Squiffle
It’s always odd whenever there is farting in a non-comedy. I guess since we’re so used to it being played for laughs that when it happens in a movie that is meant to be serious, it’s always kind of a jolt. Perhaps that’s why it is often used as a proclamation of how “edgy” the movie is.
But the grandmaster winner of this is….
HENRY FOOL (1997, Hal Hartley) – There is a scene in this film in which the title character, Henry Fool, gets a horrible gastrointestinal attack that is so over-the-top in its disgustingness that it actually makes Jeff Daneils’ similar scene in Dumb and Dumber look like a pinnacle of restraint. This is one of the great scenes set in a bathroom in my mind, as the diarrhea is made to be touching and frail and not uproarious and shocking.
Other picks:
TIDELAND (2005, Terry Gilliam)
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION (2006, Robert Altman)
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971, Stanley Kubrick)
MASTER OF DISGUISE (2002, Perry Blake)