Man Bites Dog (1992)
- Original title
- C'est arrivé près de chez vous
- Directed by
- Benoît Poelvoorde, André Bonzel, Rémy Belvaux
- Genre
- comedy drama, neo-noir, found footage film
- Country
- Belgium
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- NC-17
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 1,011 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A film crew makes a documentary about a charming serial killer. They follow him as he commits murders, and gradually become participants in his violence.
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What happens
Man Bites Dog (French: C'est arrivé près de chez vous, literally "It Happened Near Your Home") is a 1992 French-language Belgian black comedy crime mockumentary film written, produced and directed by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde, who are also the film's co-editor, cinematographer and lead actor respectively. The film follows a crew of filmmakers following a serial killer, recording his horrific crimes for a documentary they are producing. At first dispassionate observers, they find themselves increasingly caught up in the chaotic and nihilistic violence, eventually becoming accomplices. The film received the André Cavens Award for Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC). Since its release, the picture has become a cult film, and received a rare NC-17 rating for its theatrical release in the U.S. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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