Sunday, October 4, 2009

C'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man Bites Dog)

Year: 1996
Director: Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel
Country: Belguim
Language: French
Duration: 96 Minutes
Genre: Mockumentary, Dark Comedy
Plot: A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities, and they begin wondering if what they're doing is such a good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival's brother sends a threatening letter.

This perhaps one of the most disturbing yet funniest films I have ever seen. If you have ever watched "The Blair Witch Project", you can definitely see that TBWP was inspired by this film. The beauty of this film is that *SPOILER WARNING* it was able to make me laugh while they are slaughtering children and raping people. This is also one of the films that you can watch repeatedly, because of its humour. If you want to be repulsed yet rofling at the same time, then this is the film for you.

NOTE: The killer's parents are his real parents, and they thought that the film crew was actually making a film about him. You'll understand why I posted this near the ending of the film.

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