Speaking of great artists and farts (fartists?)
I just remembered one of my favorite Shakespeare quotes:
"Farting is such sweet sorrow."
That's beautiful writing.

Hate leads to anger.
Anger leads to the Dark Side.
This is a Haiku.

I've just thought of some more Italian film flatulence. Fellini let a few farts fly in Roma (1972)and Amarcord (1973)

Haha. He could be the Benny Hill of his day, that Geffrey Chaucer.

"Pasolini's version of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales from 1972 also has a scene where a girl farts in a guy's face."
That's a good one. The fart was in the original Chaucer as well. It was something like this.
Ande thene she lett flee a farte.
Poore hende Nicholas eclepped, "A FARTE! A FARTE!"
I'm just making up the details, but it was something like that.

Hate leads to anger.
Anger leads to the Dark Side.
This is a Haiku.

I recall some European movies with scenes of flatulence before Blazing Saddles in 1974. There were 2 comedy spaghetti westerns from 1970/71 called They Call me Trinity/Trinity Rides again, and one of these movies had a running joke about a baby that was constantly breaking wind. Pasolini's version of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales from 1972 also has a scene where a girl farts in a guy's face.

Birth of a Nation (1915) was a bit of a brain fart.

Ozu's
Try this list also :
http://www.imdb.com/search/keyword?keywords=flatulence&sort=release_date,asc&mode=detail&page=1
Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day.

I believe I read trivia somewhere that it was the first onscreen
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