Wednesday | April 5, 2006 9:00 pm

Man Bites Dog

Screening on Film

Directed by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoit Poelvoorde.
With Benoit Poelvoorde, Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel.
Belgium, 1992, 35mm, black & white, 92 min.
French with English subtitles.

A documentary crew, played by filmmakers Belvaux and Bonzel, takes on a most unorthodox project when they agree to document the life of a serial killer (Poelvoorde). The crew’s lurid fascination with their subject matter takes an unnerving turn when they become culprits in their subject’s violent escapades. This pitch black comedy offers an excoriating take on the preponderance of media violence in contemporary society. Poelvoorde is both hilarious and chilling in the role of the killer.

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