Review – I Like Killing Flies

A documentary maker with some genuinely dreadful equipment decided to make a picture about one of thousands of local eateries in New York City. The production focuses on Kenny Shopsin, the diner’s irascible owner and chief cook. Though he’s a bit of a “character,” I imagine the big city is full of restaurateurs who spout crazy aphorisms and routinely eject anyone who tries to come in with more than three companions. What makes this place remarkable is the menu, a document spanning page after endless page of tight-set type describing a vast array of dishes that can all be prepared whenever they’re ordered. That makes Shopsin’s remarkable, but it plays only a minor part in the picture compared to Kenny-isms and some drama associated with a change in the diner’s location. This might also have been easier to watch if it looked a little less as if it had been shot with a cell phone. Mildly amusing