A darkly comic mockumentary about violence and the media. Man Bites Dog follows a film crew who in turn is documenting the day-to-day life of a serial killer. Through the course of the film we get to listen to Benoit’s ideals on life and society, and no matter how twisted they may be, I couldn’t wait for him to say what else was on his mind.

This movie raises a lot of moral questions, specifically that of the film crew. We see them witness countless murders, even that of a kid, but it’s not until the horrible rape scene where they all join in do we start to question them, and that’s the problem. When I first saw this I thought they were horrible and I immediately disliked them following the rape, but it didn’t dawn on me until after the movie that the fact that they stood idly by as Benoit murdered innumerable innocent people makes them horrible from the start. And then there’s Benoit, the wildly perturbed man who disguises his insanity with politeness and a gentleman’s attitude. He’s perhaps one of the greatest anti-heroes around.

The cinematography is nice, and I love how they use the sound, especially when they are chasing the man with the gun in the warehouse, except that he’s too far away to pick up any sound so they instead try to focus in on him with the camera lens instead. Pretty sweet trick. It’s a darkly humerous movie and is worth checking out. It once again proves that European directors have way more balls than us Americans ever will.