![]() ![]() The scene ends with Arf and Omega chanting: Curiously, since the combatants on BOTH sides of the battle are one-armed midgets, the resulting scenario is uniquely no-win AND no-lose. ![]() Hoping to turn the battle from a minor bloodbath to a major massacre, the Berry Boys recite a magic chant, designed to summon an enchanted Indian priestess, Weescoosa (Sally Lewis), who spends eternity rescuing short people from life threatening situations. Omega is asleep as Arf watches a news bulletin about a fight between a band of renegade Bellboys and a group of virtually defenseless townspeople. ![]() Siamese twin tag team wrestlers, Arf and Omega Berry (Palmer Eiland and George Ewart), are first seen in a motel room. Scene 1 - Arf and Omega (Excerpt included in VHS release) These sets often featured previously unreleased instrumentals, which have often been speculated as Vileness Fats soundtrack.Įxcerpts from the Buy Or Die plot outline. In 2018, Cherry Red Records, MVD Audio and New Ralph Too began to release expanded multi-disc sets of The Residents classic albums. In 2019, an expanded 2xCD of Not Available which featured the original demos for the project, featured a track entitled "Soundtrack Music Piece 17", which lead to more speculation about the connection. This theory is further supported by the fact that the albums lyric "There are clothes that haven't been worn, shoes that haven't been shorn, need I say more?" is quoted during the banquet sequence. The theory originates from the fact that the original LP features a photo still from Vileness Fats on the back. It has often been speculated that The Residents Not Available album was intended as the original soundtrack, as it was allegedly recorded during the filming, but was unreleased until two years after the project had been scrapped. The only released part of the original soundtrack is a piece entitled "Aircraft Damage" featured on The Residents' debut EP, Santa Dog. Scene from the aforementioned documentary that includes footage from the film. This not only provided the films intended plot, but also detailed which scenes were shot. The director also released additional restored footage as part of the promotion for the film.Īn extensive plot outline was included in the 2015 Buy Or Die art book. Additional footage was included in the 2015 documentary, Theory of Obscurity. This version featured new digital restoration of the footage. In 2001, a new concentrate edit of the film was released, at just over 17 minutes long. However, it's not known how the film would have ended as this represents all the footage the Residents shot before abandoning the project.Ī cut down version of the film was released in 1984 as Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats?, with a runtime of about 35 minutes. Arf and Omega also break out into a deadly fight when both are seduced by a local lounge singer. They're victorious against the shopping carts, at which point the local preacher becomes the main antagonist as he's also the secret leader of a gang called The Bell Boys who continue to steal meat from Vileness Fats. To guard the bridge leading into Vileness Fats, the villagers call upon Siamese-twin wrestlers, Arf and Omega, who in turn summon the Indian priestess Weescoosa. Unbeknownst to the population, however, their own spiritual leader is also the the leader of the bandits. The film's plot revolves around a village, Vileness Fats, under siege by meat thieving atomic shopping carts, forcing the population to survive entirely on vegetables. Subsequently, the band included references to the movie in later albums and songs. After four years of filming and fourteen hours of footage, the band was nowhere close to end shooting. Additionally, it took far too long to build individual sets. The project was abandoned because, after years of shooting, the black and white videos they were using looked outdated. The Residents shot the majority of the music based film on the relatively new reel-to-reel video format. Additional footage of both the film and behind-the-scenes work was shown in the 2015 documentary about the group, The Theory of Obscurity. While only 40 or so minutes have been released by the band on the 1984 VHS Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats? and the 2001 DVD Icky Flix, the group shot well over 14 hours of material. Vileness Fats is an unfinished musical film by anonymous avant-garde art collective The Residents, with the bulk of it being shot between 19. Characters Arf and Omega in a behind-the-scenes photo from the film.
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