MAN BITES DOG. Directed by Rémy Belvaux, 1992.

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Also known as “It happened in your neighbourhood”, this is a Belgian film, the most improper one I have ever seen in my entire life! We are in Belgium a crew of cinema students is following Ben in his daily life in Brussels.

The title refers to a media criticism. You never hear about a dog that bites a man because it is so common it is never reported. You only hear about unusual events like a man biting a dog.

Well here the crew following Ben witnesses all the murders he commits and from time to time gives a hand dumping the corpses – reality tv at its best! Our hero is taking advantage that the people he kills are people nobody cares about like old and lonely grannies.

You can’t stop from laughing your head off right until the end. But if i had to choose the best part, to me it is when Ben teach the camera crew about the ballast ratio for corpses!

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