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((short description|2004 film by Matt Mahurin))
((More citations needed|date=May 2007)) 
((Infobox film
 | name           = I Like Killing Flies
 | caption        = 
 | director       = [[Matt Mahurin]]
 | producer       = Matt Mahurin
 | music          = Chris Toland
 | cinematography = Matt Mahurin
 | editing        = Matt Mahurin
 | distributor    = [[ThinkFilm|THINKFilm]]
 | released       = January 2004 ([[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]])((Film date|2006|07|28|United States))
 | runtime        = 78 minutes
 | language       = English
 | budget         = 
 | image          = I Like Killing Flies VideoCover.jpeg
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'''''I Like Killing Flies''''' is a 2004 documentary film produced, directed, filmed, and edited by [[Matt Mahurin]]. It documents [[Shopsins]] restaurant in [[New York City]]'s [[Greenwich Village]] and its owner and head cook, Kenny Shopsin. In 2002 and 2003, Mahurin followed Shopsin in his final year at the location he ran for over 30 years. Throughout the film, Shopsin offers what he calls "half-baked" philosophy, peppered with profanities.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/28/movies/28flie.html|title=I Like Killing Flies - Review - Movies|last=Dargis|first=Manohla|date=2006-07-28|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-07-28|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331))</ref>

In the first half, Shopsin opens his eatery for the day and talks about his kitchen, his business, his employees, and his customers. We meet the regulars and friends who eat some of the 900 eclectic dishes he prepares, and we learn the rules of the restaurant: all customers must eat, parties of four or more are unwelcome, and anyone who irritates the owner will be swiftly shown the door. Shopsin's wife and children, all of whom work at the restaurant, weigh in on what it's like to work for this eccentric and occasionally hot-tempered man.

In the film's second half, Shopsin loses his lease and is forced to move his establishment to a larger location on nearby Carmine Street. Family, friends, and customers all pitch in to help with the move. Everything must go, from hundreds of knick-knacks and supplies to an alarmingly rickety stove. The reopening is a resounding success. The epilogue grants the audience one last glimpse of Shopsin's life the following year, and it is revealed that Shopsin's wife has died, but he seems not to have changed at all.

Shopsin, who has been profiled in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' by [[Calvin Trillin]],<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/04/15/dont-mention-it|title=The Life and Times of a Greenwich Village Restaurant|last=Trillin|first=Calvin|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2002-04-08|access-date=2019-07-28|language=en|issn=0028-792X))</ref> wrote a 2008 book with Carolynn Carreño entitled ''Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin''.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/remembering-kenny-shopsin-the-irascible-chef-king-of-lower-manhattan|title=Remembering Kenny Shopsin, the Irascible Chef-King of Lower Manhattan|last=Rosner|first=Helen|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2018-09-04|access-date=2019-07-25|language=en|issn=0028-792X))</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* ((IMDb title|id=0390109|title=I Like Killing Flies))
* ((Rotten Tomatoes|i-like-killing-flies))
* ((Metacritic film))
* [http://www.ilikekillingflies.com Official Site]
* [http://www.shopsins.com/ Shopsins home page]

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