LE PETOMANE: FIN-DE-SIÈCLE FARTISTE
Price: $310.00 Code: 1066 |
Directed by Igor Vamos
1998, 56 minutes
Purchase: $310 | Classroom Rental: $125
Under the stage name "Le Petomane," Joseph Pujol was the toast of turn-of-the-century Paris. Audiences at the Moulin Rouge where first shocked, then won over, by this tall, mustachioed man in a red velvet suit...a suite with a hole cut in the derriere to release his remarkable talent. Pujol was a skilled musician in his own right, but his greatest instrument was his own rectum, with which he could produce an astounding variety of musical tones. Through a combination of historical documents, photographs, archival films, and interviews, this video reclaims Pujol's place in history and, in the process, opens up a veritable Pandora's box of contemporary debate over the meaning, impact, and value of this unusual master flatulator.
"You owe it to yourself to give this movie a second glance because there is so much more here than at first meets the eye (or nose)." - The Austin Chronicle
"Hilarious...The best 'music'-related program this year." - The Met
"Interesting...appealing...extraordinarily quirky." - The Seattle Times
"Fun...long-over-due...a wildly entertaining biography" - Bay Area Reporter
"Tweaks gaseous highbrows with affection" - The Chicago Sun-Times
"HILARIOUS...A fascinating, dryly funny documentary." - The Albany Times Union
1998, 56 minutes
Purchase: $310 | Classroom Rental: $125
Under the stage name "Le Petomane," Joseph Pujol was the toast of turn-of-the-century Paris. Audiences at the Moulin Rouge where first shocked, then won over, by this tall, mustachioed man in a red velvet suit...a suite with a hole cut in the derriere to release his remarkable talent. Pujol was a skilled musician in his own right, but his greatest instrument was his own rectum, with which he could produce an astounding variety of musical tones. Through a combination of historical documents, photographs, archival films, and interviews, this video reclaims Pujol's place in history and, in the process, opens up a veritable Pandora's box of contemporary debate over the meaning, impact, and value of this unusual master flatulator.
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Reviews
"A REAL GAS!" - The Dallas Morning News"You owe it to yourself to give this movie a second glance because there is so much more here than at first meets the eye (or nose)." - The Austin Chronicle
"Hilarious...The best 'music'-related program this year." - The Met
"Interesting...appealing...extraordinarily quirky." - The Seattle Times
"Fun...long-over-due...a wildly entertaining biography" - Bay Area Reporter
"Tweaks gaseous highbrows with affection" - The Chicago Sun-Times
"HILARIOUS...A fascinating, dryly funny documentary." - The Albany Times Union