The Battle Between the Burps and Farts

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The Battle Between the Burps and Farts
Directed by Aiden Dillard
Written by Aiden Dillard
Distributed by Troma Entertainment [1]
Running time
31 minutes [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Battle Between the Burps and Farts is a 31-minute long [2] short film directed, written and produced by Aiden Dillard and distributed by Troma Entertainment. [1] It was made as an expansion of a student film he made in his junior year [3] which was, according to Dillard, he made the film in the wake of 9/11, calling it "his attempt to show the terrorists that they will never destroy the rotten, smelly core of the Big Apple". [2]

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Screening

The Battle Between the Burps and Farts was first screened in New York City and upon its première, was responsible for inciting many a fist fight amongst audience members. [2] After it was submitted to the TromaDance festival, it became the first and so far only film to be booed by everybody in attendance. [1] Despite this, Troma Entertainment executive Lloyd Kaufman remained optimistic about it, calling it a "high point of TromaDance 2004" [4] and on the back of this film's screening, Troma released Meat Weed Madness which included this film as an extra on the DVD. [1]

Plot

The film tells the story of a girl, Princess Martha Stew-Burp, [2] who is able to channel flatulence at will. [1] After she is kidnapped by a wizard, she is taught to channel her wind orally, but after being raped by the leader of the Burps, regains her ability to channel her wind anally. [1]

Critical reception

Bill Gibron of DVD Talk called its universal condemnation "not hard to see why" [1] and called it "excruciating to sit through. It's loud, abrasive and more or less pointless. Still, it does offer a window into Dillard's designs as a filmmaker". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Meat Weed Madness". DVD Talk . Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Battle Between the Burps & Farts". Aiden Dillard . Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Bad Gas, from Tromadance's Battle of the Burps and the Farts". YouTube . Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Meat Weed Madness (dvd)". Film Threat . Retrieved 21 November 2013.
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