Man Bites Dog

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Belgium

1992

96 Min

Black and White

1.66:1

French

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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DIR Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde

SCR Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde, Vincent Tavier

CAST Benoît Poelvoorde, Jacqueline Poelvoorde Pappaert, Nelly Pappaert, Hector Pappaert, Jenny Drye, Malou Madou, Willy Vandenbroeck, Rachel Deman, André Laime, Edith Lemerdy, Sylviane Godé, Zoltan Tobolik, Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Jean-Marc Chenut, Alain Oppezzi, Vincent Tavier, Gina Cotica, Ricardo Cotica, Pierre Vanbraekel

Documentary filmmakers André and Rémy have found an ideal subject in Ben. He is witty, sophisticated, intelligent, well liked—and a serial killer. As André and Rémy document Ben’s routines, they become increasingly entwined in his vicious program, sacrificing their objectivity and their morality. Controversial winner of the International Critics’ Prize at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival, Man Bites Dog stunned audiences worldwide with its unflinching imagery and biting satire of media violence. —The Criterion Collection

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Francisco R.

10Feb12

The jokes that hit the mark are hilarious, and that is almost entirely because of Poelvoorde, but the overall tone felt irregular and downright meandering in the second half, for its rather slim 90 minutes I would have wished a bit more work in the script, but do these people even use one?

msmichel

10Feb12

I remember being at a midnight showing for this at TIFF in 92. The crowd laughed and cheered for the first half until that scene where the camera crew joined in. Suddenly you could have heard a pin drop. People were shell shocked coming out. Doesn't have quite the same power now but back in 92 wow!!!

Aimee

14Jan12

snuff film meets art house

Panji

9Jan12

I think Benoît could also manipulate the spectators to assist him if he was willing to.

Silence Please

7Oct11

Amazing premise for a movie... And I think that's all good things I can say about it. Repetitive, boring and tedious. It makes you believe it's building something, but that feeling leaves you early to realize that it only repeats itself endlessly making me wonder why so many people told me so many things about this movie before watching it. Is this really such a great movie? I seriously doubt it.

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