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Man Bites Dog
1992
A documentary crew is fascinated by the charismatic, unrepentant serial killer whose crimes they set out to objectively chronicle. But as the violence escalates, they become more and more complicit in his shocking actions. A disturbingly low-key satire of the connection between violence and the media. Read more
| Starring | Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde, Jenny Drye |
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| Director | Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde |
| Genres | Comedy, World Cinema |
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Man Bites Dog
A documentary crew is fascinated by the charismatic, unrepentant serial killer whose crimes they set out to objectively chronicle. But as the violence escalates, they become more and more complicit in his shocking actions. A disturbingly low-key satire of the connection between violence and the media.
| Starring | Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde, Jenny Drye, Malou Madou, Jacqueline Poelvoorde Pappaert |
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| Director | Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde |
| Studio | PALISADES TARTAN |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 32 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, World Cinema |
| Language | French |
| Subtitles | English |
| Released | DVD: 09 Oct 2000 Production year: 1992 |
| Format | DVD |
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A prize winner at Cannes, this searing satire caused a storm of protest on its original release. Were its co-directors exposing our lust for media sensationalism? Or were they merely getting away with explicit scenes of rape and slaughter in the name of social commentary? Many will bridle at the graphic imagery, while others will resent the cockiness of the approach as documentarists André Bonzel and Rémy Belvaux play an increasingly active role in the crimes of serial killer Benoît Poelvoorde. Yet this is an undeniably bold contribution to the debate on screen violence and the responsibilities of both film-makers and audiences.
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A black comedy that makes some effective points about the relationship between cinema (or TV) and exploitation and voyeurism but which becomes ever harder to watch or enjoy, with its scenes of gang rape and murder. A remarkable, if sometimes repellent, fi
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36 out of 39 people found this review helpful
Don't watch it!
Being open minded for different genres I added this movie into my list. I saw lots of controversial movies (Henry, portrait of a serial killer, Irreversible...) However, this movie I would even rate with 0.1 stars, only to pull down the rating level. This movie is morally not correct visualized, if you know what having a moral is...
It shows a killing of an innocent child, it shows a rape scene where also the camera crew is involved in (the most disgusting scene I have ever seen in a movie). It shows stupid killing without any sence of humour or entertainment (saying so because some people find it funny and entertaining).
I don't understand how you can 'rate' raping a woman and killing a child with 5*. I don't understand the message of the directors. If you do, you got a serious problem! -
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
man bites dog
Don't even remember seeing it... so I guess it was not that good
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A documentary crew is fascinated by the charismatic, unrepentant serial killer whose crimes they set out to objectively chronicle. But as the violence escalates, they become more and more complicit ... -