C'est arriv e pr es de chez vous [videorecording] = Man bites dog (It happened in your neighborhood) / Janus Films ; Les Artistes Anonymes pr esentent un film de R emy Belvaux, Andr e Bonzel, Beno it Poelvoorde ; sc enario et dialogues de R emy Belvaux, Andr e Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde, Vincent Tavier.
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FilmPublisher number: MAN250 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: French Original language: French Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 165.Publication details: Irvington, N.Y. : Criterion Collection, c2002.Description: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 078002608X
- 9780780026087
- It happened in your neighborhood
- Man bites dog
- Cinematography, Andr e Bonzel ; editors, Eric Dardill, R emy Belvaux ; original music, Jean-Marc Chenut.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Man Bites Dog is a Belgian faux-documentary and high-concept satire of media violence which follows the lethal exploits of Benoit Benoit Poelvoorde, an affable, and very talkative, serial killer. He kills for money, and he kills for pleasure, and he talks all the while about philosophy and the proper technique for weighing a corpse down underwater. He is followed through his slaughter-fest by the filmmakers, Rémy and André (the actual filmmakers, Rémy Belvaux and André Bonzel), and the line between reporter and subject becomes blurred pretty quickly. The filmmakers become more and more involved in Benoit's actions, starting with the relatively innocent act of holding a flashlight for him. Eventually, when their funding runs out, Benoit hires them to continue making the film, and soon they are accomplices in a gang rape. While this film has the subtlety of a sledgehammer, its message rings true: the media tend to become part of the stories they report upon as surely as a physicist changes a wave by looking at it. ~ John Voorhees, Rovi
"Special features: New digital transfer, supervised by filmmaker Andr e Bonzel ; video interview with the filmmakers ; No C4 for Daniel-Daniel (Pas de C-4 for Daniel-Daniel), a 1989 short by the filmmakers ; stills gallery ; new essay by Andr e Bonzel about the making of the film ; original theatrical trailer ; new and improved English subtitle translation"--Container.
Based on an idea and original story by R emy Belvaux.
Original theatrical aspect ratio: 1.66:1.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992.
Cinematography, Andr e Bonzel ; editors, Eric Dardill, R emy Belvaux ; original music, Jean-Marc Chenut.
Benoit Poelvoorde, R emy Belvaux, Jenny Drye, Jacqueline Poelvoorde Pappaert, Malou Madou, Andr e Bonzel.
"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"--Internet Movie Database.
DVD; Dolby digital mono.
In French with optional English subtitles.