Review of Man Bites Dog (1992) by Tomass P — 26 May 2013

Having collected all of my thoughts (I think) regarding "Man Bites Dog", I can only conclude that it is by far the bravest film I've ever seen, and inspires me to wonder the likeliness of it being made today.

Woven together by tightly orchestrated, single-shot sequences, MBD delivers a horrifying tone and achieves levels of suspense only seen in that of the Blair Witch Project. Remi employed many devices appealing to Aristotle's Logos, Pathos and Ethos, the most prominent being humor of course, this sadistic, twisted sense of humor.

The uses of dramatc irony and tounge-in-cheek humor throughout the film turn it into this oddly balanced mix of pitch black humor and a somewhat satiric commentary on senseless violence. I did feel however the film could have used more direction, or enforced more meaning and depth into the concepts, which would make for a satisfying art-house film for me.

The film is a piece of fascination, and requires quite a tolerance to choke down, and probably flaunts the most graphic violence I have ever seen in a movie.