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| Man Bites Dog |
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Genre:Comedy
Reviewed In Issue 07 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Benoit Poelvoorde, Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel. |
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| Supplementals |
| Criterion has included a video interview with the filmmakers and a short film, No C-4 Pour Daniel-Daniel, made by Belvaux, Beonzel, and Poelvoorde. |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Criterion Collection |
| (Catalog Number): |
CC1367L |
| (MPAA Rating): |
NC-17 |
| (Retail Price): |
$49.95 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
92 |
| (Color Type): |
Black & White |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1992 |
| (LD Release Date): |
12/01/93 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Remy Belvaux |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde & Vincent Tavier |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Jean-Marc Chenut |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
NA |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Remy Belvaux & Eric Dardill |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Benoit Poelvoorde, Remy Belvaux & Ande Bonzel |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.66:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.61:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Man Bites Dog is a very black comedy and shocking brutal account of sexual torment and brutalized bodies. Rather than a film about violent excess, Andre Bonzel, one of the three first-time feature filmmakers, claims “it’s not a film about violence, it’s a film about filmmaking.” The film is shot with a hand-held camera and black-and-white stock and documents the exploits of a serial killer. The unusual style of the filmmaking involves the film crew’s presence as they ask questions, make comments, and respond to the killer. The interaction between the film-makers and their subject steadily increases such that the killer is soon directing the action and paying for film stock and the filmmakers are carrying bodies and helping hold down victims. The documentary style contributes to an overall sense of emptiness, sickishness, and depression.
LaserDisc Picture:
The 1.61:1 transfer is true to the basic documentary feel.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The mono soundtrack is intelligible.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
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Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
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Superb Color Fidelity: |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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