Farts from Halifax



'''Farts From Halifax is a 2008 animated independent comedy film directed by Jim Hunt, written by Warren Bilge, and staring Jim Hunt, Warren Bilge, and Striller Luft as three anthropomorphic farts who are expelled from one human (Jim Hunt, again) and wander the world to discover an answer to their existence. The movie was given an incredibly short release time (Only 2 days) and was only shown in two movie theaters- one in Halifax and one in Chicago. It is estimated that under one hundred people have ever seen the film in its entirety- thus, the film is considered a piece of semi-lost media. It has never given a DVD release, and the makers of the film refuse to formally release it, for obvious reasons. '''

Plot
'''The movie focuses on three farts: Joey Baloney, a dark green fart, Melvin, a light green fart, and Pierre, a green fart, the protagonist of the film. The movie opens with all three farts emerging from the buttocks of an unnamed human (Played by Jim Hunt). The farts are drawn using MS paint and animated using Flash, but interact with real people and scenery for most of the film. After emerging from the human's buttocks, the farts try to figure out what they are and what the world is like. Throughout the course of the film, they go to locations such as Nova Scotia, Paris, Saint Paul, Mt. Kilimanjaro, and Beijing, engaging in low level philosophical comments and obscene humor all the while. The farts usually smile and have small arms and legs protruding from them.'''

'''The farts speak to humans, but are never answered by the humans, most likely due to the fact that many of the clips used in this film were from stock footage, because all three people behind the film- Hunt, Bilge, and Luft- were too poor to travel around the world. In one incident, however, a human (Warren Bilge) holds his nose while the Farts are around, indicating that he smells them, but does not hear them speaking. The film concludes with all three farts deciding that they are farts and accepting their repulsive nature, then making friends with a bean named Tiffany, who tells them that she is technically their "Mother" because beans produce excessive flatulence. The film ends with all four visiting Antarctica and looking over a sheet of ice. The three farts then fart, creating baby farts.'''

Why it Sucks
'''1. The film, as previously mentioned, is badly animated using MS Paint and Flash, both of which lend it a campy quality. It is one of the only examples of MS Paint produced animation in existence.'''

'''2. The film is animated, but wouldn't make any sense to children who don't understand philosophy or geography. On the other hand, it's so immature that adults wouldn't appreciate it, either.'''

'''3. The film is very Canada-centric, due to the nationality of the three filmmakers. Halifax is once referred to as "The best Frickin' place in the whole Frickin' universe" by Pierre. Saint Paul, on the other hand, is portrayed as an Anarchic, Conservative Hellhole.'''

'''4. The script is atrocious and doesn't make much sense. Warren Bilge, who wrote the script, only graduated middle school. One example, from the script: "Hey, is this a fart, or are we floating over beijing? I'm so scared I can't tell what might be possibly existentially going on!"'''

'''5. The poster says that the farts will "fart out of your TV screen this summer"- although the movie was only shown in two movie theaters and has never been put on DVD. '''

'''6. 90 percent of the jokes, as you may have guessed, are flatulence or potty humor based. '''

'''7. At two hundred minutes long, it's painful to sit through. '''

'''8. The film makes no sense and has very few enjoyable moments. Sometimes, the farts stay completely still for one minute or more, and don't even move. These moments are presumably technical errors, but make the film even more unbearable. '''

'''9. The production company of this film- Fart Productions- was made up by all three filmmakers, and never made another title after this. Hunt has admitted that he isn't a filmmaker, and none of his colleagues are, either. '''

Redeeming Qualities
'''1. It's unique. Not many movies have farts as the main character- much less badly animated farts who are transposed in front of stock footage.'''

2. The film is culturally rich- and can be considered a "so bad it's good" movie.

'''3. This film will probably never see the light of day. 4. The poster is very accurate.'''

Critical reception
'''As mentioned before, this film is very hard to find and has never been mentioned online- and all three filmmakers have very rarely spoken about the film or its existence. However, some moviegoers, from both the Seattle showing and the Halifax showing, have given reviews on the film. Most reviews were negative. Viewers in Seattle noted that the film was cryptic and meaningless. Viewers in Halifax only praised the film for its local aspect. All three filmmakers made roughly $150 from total ticket sales and spent only ten dollars on the film for Flash animation installation- so you could say that they made a profit. '''​​​​​​​