Man Bites Dog - Criterion Collection (2001) USA
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Director:Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde
Studio:Criterion
Rating:4.5
Rated:Unrated
Date Added:2006-03-27
ASIN:B00006FMCS
UPC:0037429172223
Price:$29.95
Genre:Comedy
Release:2002-09-24
IMDb:0311797
Duration:92
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
Sound:Dolby Digital
Languages:French
Subtitles:English
Features:Anamorphic
Black & White
Subtitled
Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde  ...  (Director)
  ...  (Writer)
 
Woody Allen  ...  Himself
Mel Brooks  ...  Himself
Sid Caesar  ...  Himself
Nanette Fabray  ...  Herself
Larry Gelbart  ...  Himself
Rémy Belvaux  ...  
Howard Morris  ...  Himself
Carl Reiner  ...  Himself
André Bonzel  ...  
Danny Simon  ...  Himself
Jean-Marc Chenut  ...  
Olivier Cotica  ...  
Neil Simon  ...  Himself
Mel Tolkin  ...  Himself
Rachel Deman  ...  
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Summary: This Belgian satire (in French with English subtitles) is dark, dark, dark--but also right on the money in its sly sendup of the media's fascination with violence and its complicity therein. This mock documentary has a trio of filmmakers shooting a cinéma vérité feature about a garrulous serial killer who lets the film crew follow him around as he selects victims and then dispatches them. But at what point does filmmaking become participation? These hapless documentarians soon find out as their subject eventually pulls them into his world, including a gun battle with a rival film crew and their own criminal star. Gruesomely hilarious, with a deadpan wit that's hard to resist. --Marshall Fine