Man Bites Dog (1992)
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
Heavy, kinetic, extreme comedy / crime, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.
How every film is hand-scored →The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the nature of his work and arbitrary musings on topics of interest to him, such as music or the conditions of low-income housing, and even goes so far as to introduce the documentary crew to his family. But their reckless indulgences soon get the better of them.
Our read · Man Bites Dog (1992) (1992) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive comedy · crime · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.
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