Drawing Flies (1996)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Directors:

Matthew Gissing
Malcolm Ingram

Writers:

Malcolm Ingram (written by) and
Matthew Gissing (written by)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A good monster is a terrible thing to waste

Plot:

A young man, with the help of his unsuspecting roommates, hikes through the Canadian wilderness in search of Sasquatch.

Plot Keywords:

Low Budget Film | Party | Welfare | Beer Bust | Sasquatch

Cast

Jason Lee	...	Donner
Renée Humphrey	...	Meg
Jason Mewes	...	Az
Carmen Llywelyn	...	Cassidy (as Carmen Lee)
Martin Brooks	...	Jake
Gloria Ingram	...	Welfare Worker
Kristin Mosier	...	Girl working party door / Additional Bigfoot
Sheryl Brooks	...	Girl working party door
Joey Lauren Adams	...	Hippy Chick (as Lauren Lyle)
Kevin Smith	...	Himself (as Silent Bob)
Chris Pastras	...	Pierre
Brian Pearson	...	Velma hater
Ethan Suplee	...	Ethan (as Willam Black)
Fido	...	Cat at party
Lisa Zimmerman	...	Bartender

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

View Askew Productions

Trivia:

This film has rarely been seen before the DVD Release. It has only been seen at film festivals before.

Quotes:

Donner: A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday... Remember that.

Soundtrack:

Scootin'

Drawing Flies: The 'lost' View Askew Movie

If you've never heard of 'Drawing Flies', i don't blame you. If you aren't a fan of Kevin Smith, i don't know how you even got ahold of this review. But, anyways, let's focus on the movie. Very interesting indeed. When Kevin Smith was making 'Mallrats' in 1995, two friends, Malcolm Ingram and Matt Gissing, recruited cast members for their own little movie. From the Mallrats cast members, they managed to catch Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Carmen Lee, Renne Humphrey, Ethan Suplee, Joey Lauren Adams, Scott Mosier and Kevin Smith himself. They managed to make this film which dissapeared pretty quickly. It never got a theatrical release and was only shown at small film festivals including Kevin Smith's own View Askew-fest 'Vulgarthon '98' and 'Vulgarthon 2000', festivals which feature films made by him and friends. Since then, it has became interest of all View Askew fans(Including me) who constantly bug Malcolm Ingram about it on Kevin's View Askew WWWBoard. One of the main reasons it was of interest to VA fans was because Kevin appeared as 'Silent Bob', a character he made famous in films like 'Clerks', 'Dogma' and most recently, 'Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'. On February 26th, it finally got its release on DVD along with a whole bunch of well-deserved extra features. After reading many reviews, it is, as Malcolm says in the commentary, 90 and 10. 90 percent of people don't like it and 10 percent do. I believe that i'm in the 10 percent of the people. The first time i saw it, i wasn't really sure what to think about it but the second time i saw it, i loved it. It's a really good film. The plot follows Donner(Jason Lee), Jake(Martin Brooks), Az(Jason Mewes), Meg(Rennee Humphrey) and Cassidy(Carmen Lee) who all live off welfare in Canada but one fateful day, they are cut off of welfare and have to find a way to survive. Donner suggests to go to his uncle's cabin in the middle of the woods. But what his friends don't know is the fact that he is going crazy and is actually looking for the legendary Bigfoot. Needless to say, chaos ensues as Donner gets more and more crazy. I really thought the comedy was funny, the drama was moving and the film overall was the kind of film Hollywood should be making but if Hollywood did, they would probably butcher it up. I highly recommend seeing 'Drawing Flies', it's the kind of movie that only comes around once in a century(Yes, you heard me. A century!).

9 1/2 out of 10