The Most Disturbing Fake Documentary
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What do you think of "When Evil Lurks"?
Check out Tread! It's a legit documentary about the Killdozer Rampage and a real look at a serious mental breakdown.
@@tsarofshadows1347 already covered it!
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The Monster Project, Cold Ground, Devil's Pass, Willow Creek, Blair Witch 2016, (covering the pseudo docs connected to BW would be cool too.) Also, RORSCHACH. it's free on youtube. Best found footage I've ever seen. Its so well done. You already covered Savageland and Final Prayer. Definitely check out RORSCHACH though!
I want a documentary where a film crew follows a young Irish CZcamsr to see how he makes his video essays called "MAN SAYS HOYEVER."
There is such a thing as TOO disturbing to be filmed
Let's not get carried away here.
Does no one else hear "hiever"? Lol
Hi-ever*
Man Says Håüævur
Hoyever: Portrait of an Irish CZcamsr
Omg!
I'd watch it.
It starts out with you thinking it's about Ryan but PLOT TWIST it's actually about CallMeKevin... 😱
I’m Belgian, when I was a kid/teenager there was an evening tv program titled “man bijt hond” (“man bites dog”) which just had what can only described as “random local things that are mildly unusual”, with little comedy skits sprinkled in. No connection to this work as far as I know
Then you'll also remember that interview where the guy had an extremely high pitched voice and the talkshow host couldn't keep his laugh contained.
In the end there was another spectator who had an extremely heavy voice iirc.
There were actors who thought it was real and wanted to start a fundraiser for research iirc. not knowing it was a skid.
man ik hou van man bijt hond!
The original Belgian title for this movie is C'est arrivé près de che vous.
Ik dacht dat het een Nederlandse tv show was
@@PostUberClarity2.0nederlandse versie was overgenomen van de vlaamse
Eric Idle, between The Holy Grail and Life of Brian, made a little known sketch show called Rutland Weekend Television. In one of the sketches, we see a janitor who is being followed arround by a documentary crew. He protests, he fights and he tries to run away, but the documentary crew is always behind him, He pleads for mercy, He doesn't want to be in a documentary, his life isn't interesting and he doesn't want to be on TV. But the cameras are relentless. No matter what he does he will be followed around forever by the documentarians. When I read the title about most disturbing documentary that was what immediatly came to my mind, but I guess that a documentary following a serial killer also works
Super interesting! Reminds me of that paris Hilton south park episode where the paparazzi hound her to death
@@crakhaedThat was Britney Spears. Paris Hilton's episode was her trying to beat Mr Slave in a contest about who is the biggest whore, and selling a "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset". Still, you were close.
Python era Eric Idle and I haven't seen it? Well now I'll need to find it!
@@thing_under_the_stairsthe whole show is on CZcams. You're in for a treat
@@thing_under_the_stairsIf you know about Neil Innes (who replaced John Cleese in Monty Python for their final season) then you should know about Rutland Weekend Television and more importantly THE RUTLES!!!
It sounds like the main character is a good depiction of extreme narcissism. He looks down on others for failing to live up to his own impossible standards and uses it as an excuse to abuse them while expecting them to put up with it, meanwhile when he's treated the same way he treats others, he considers it an unjust tragedy and demands sympathy and restitution, all while bearing absolutely no self-awareness of his own double standards.
If you want to see a narcissistic killer, watch The House That Jack Built. While not very similar to Man Bites Dog, the movies complement each other very well and The House That Jack Built is a straight up character study of a narcissistic killer trying to justify himself
Bro, you're killing it. You look 5 years younger. Rock on.
To tell how chocking it is to a current french/Belgian audience, Benoît Poelvoorde today is one of the most popular comedic actor around. To an anglo audience, it would be like watching Jim Carrey in such a role
Man Bites Dog was actually quite funny. This reviewer was too busy shaming the movie for niggling political nonsense.
@@Menstral yeah it's absolutely a fark comedy, but the brutality of the tone shifts is really unique in Poelvoorde's filmography
"shaming the movie ?" How so ? If anything he's pretty elogious of it !
It's like watching Robin Williams in one hour photo.
@@Menstral He's...he's praising the movie. What the fuck are you talking about?
@@frogstack7186he said it very hardhly in his comment but i think he undermined a little how funny the movie is, the film is still remembered to this day for the funny dialogue way more than for the brutality of it in france and belgium, "t'en vas pas gamin !!" (can translate to "don't run away kiddo" in a very nonchalant way) is basically a meme here
A found footage movie that definitely needs more exposure is 'Be My Cat: A Film for Anne', directed , written by and starring Adrian Țofei. It's the first ever Romanian found footage horror movie, about an aspiring filmmaker who desperately wants Anne Hathaway to star in his film, after becoming infatuated with her in 'The Dark Knight Rises'. As the film goes on, he resorts to increasingly horrific methods. It's also been compared to 'Man Bites Dog'.
Watched this a year ago what a crazy ride
The thing about this film is its use of pitch dark humor in the first half! It is messed up, but it is also very funny at times.
Then about half way through it stops being funny (if you have seen the film you know the scene). After that it becomes bleak and serious. It punishes the viewer for finding humor in Ben's actions, and make one question why they found it funny in the first place.
Tell what scene it is :p
@@yurilouback6331Long, very hard to watch SA scene.
Exactly this. In th first half, you're kind of laughing at the violence. Benoit makes a lot of jokes and you really don't take it seriously. Then after that scene, you feel so guilty about laughing at all of that right before...
Hell yeah Man Bites Dog a cinematic masterpiece that doesn't hold back
How I love this one. Was watching it once, and during the scene where he chases the kid, my sister came into the room. She took one look at me (literally rolling on the floor laughing) and then one look at the screen, then walked out without a word. Ah, happy memories.
In France and Belgium, it's actually a cult classic : half of Poelvoorde's lines have become quotes you can use between friends. Start one of his lines in a room with 10 buddies, and half of them will be able to finish it on the spot.
This movie gave Benoit Poelvoorde a shot a comedy TV, he excelled in it and did some more brilliant stuff if you like dark humor. After which it was time for the big screen, he soon became a household names and drew the crowds. He's been great from the get-go.
Okay, the second crew part got me. 😂
Oh yeah you know your about to get another great mockumentary recommendation when Ryan makes a video on it
Check out the original mockumentary that the show "Mr. Inbetween" is based on. It's called "The Magician". Somewhat similar to "Man Bites Dog". (Loosely 'somewhat')
This! 👌🏽
I saw this movie about a year ago at age 28 and couldn’t turn it off; ended up getting to sleep late since I had to finish it. The dialogue and acting is great. The main character was so fascinating and the concept was enthralling. Pretty amazing how awesome the movie was considering how it was made. Also it looks beautiful and still holds up today!
Oh man, Belgium represents, nice to see you cover something from my country
Hey Ryan! Have you ever thought about reviewing Felidae? It’s an animated movie about a cat trying to solve a series of cat murders in his neighborhood. It looks like it’s just about that but it also goes into genetics.
This reminds me of the movie Behind the mask: the rise of Leslie Vernon. Im wondering if the makers of that movie took some inspiration from this one.
I'm Belgian, and this movie is a very important part of belgian French speaking culture. It's obviously inspired by one other important part of that culture, a TV show called "Strip-Tease" on the public TV Channel RTBF, whish was made of short documentaries following quirky people, without any comment from the TV crew, very much like in the movie.
This movie also launched one of the most famous French speaking Belgian actor, Benoît Poelvoorde, who plays the main character in the movie.
Haven’t watched fully yet but so happy to see you covered this, one of my all time favorites! Benoit has some of the best line delivery for some of the most depraved sentences, masterclass in dark comedy
Ryan when are you going to make your own movie or documentary?
I would like to see what you create.
Your channel not only analyzes horror movies with great takes, but it is a masterpiece in horror itself, like for example, you've just said "it's not conceived as a thesis film" made me remember that I should be writing my own thesis, that filled me with absolute shock, anxiety, and dread.
Great job Ryan the premise of this movie already made me a bit uneasy but i also understand what they were going for and you went through each part really well.
I feel like we can feel your recent confidence coming through so much lately and I’m so glad.
I knew this channel would get to this flick! Very surprised how little this film is discussed in CZcams movie discussions; this is the first video covering it I've seen.
Do I have a soft spot for disturbing mockumentaries? Kinda. Do I have a soft spot for Ryan’s videos? YES.
I was legit going to reccomend this for a vid! God bless you ryan
Hey Ryan good to see you as always
Thanks for reminding me i NEED to see Man Bites Dog. Also no matter if it was only for your ad, you do not need a makeover. You have one of the most welcoming personas i have ever seen on youtube
I enjoyed MAN BITES DOG. It almost seems like the serial killer enjoy the attention of the film crew gave him, even if he was going to take them down.
just found your channel can’t wait to binge at work! love your insight. based on other vids your ability to delve into complexities in film but also appreciate silliness is refreshing. cheers excited to watch more!
I had the pleasure of seeing this in a theater in '94. It's a great film and becomes hysterical by the end. It just gets more and more absurd as it progresses.
glad to see an upload from you! love your content
Every new video you release adds another movie to my watch list!
This one reminds me of Long Pigs, where a documentary crew follows a local cannibal around in his day-to-day life
always enjoy watching your vids and glad you doing better so far this year
Them running into another documentary crew following a killer is actually hilarious
Hey Ryan, a few Belgian films for you (apologies if you've covered them before);
Calvaire
The Vanishing (original)
Bullhead
And a wee French entry: 13 Tzameti (original)
That is all.
Spoorloos is so good
Not to nitpick, but the original ‘Vanishing’ is Dutch (albeit with a Belgian lead actor).
@@rubennollet Hey, yo'u're not nitpicking, this is welcomed info. Thanks!
"stay away from anyone being followed by a film crew". words to live by fam
My media studies teacher told me about and lent me this film when I was 15, and it changed EVERYTHING for me!
First, thanks for your videos, you are truly so intelligent! Second, the jewelry and increased confidence are both AWESOME
Interesting film! Thanks, Ryan. Will definitely check this out on the Criterion Channel.
For a bit of context and possibly what inspired the movie: in Belgium, back in the late 80's and 90's, there was a very popular tv show called "Striptease, the show that undresses you" that followed regular, if slightly eccentric people in their daily lives whilst cutting in different short interviews of the people involved.
That show had a knack for having scenes where people simply forgot about the camera following them. I can't be sure for certain, but Man bites dog feels like a movie version of Striptease if it followed a serial killer around.
If you are curious, there are few episodes of Striptease on CZcams with English subs.
Heck yeah this was one of my suggestions! I was so busy with school and work that I’m just now seeing it.
Always great, sir! Thanks so much.
I remember as a teen I found Man Bites Dog under the ‘most disturbing films’ exploration I was on. This was long before iceberg videos or CZcamsrs like yourself who cover niche topics.
This mockumentary always scared me when I first discovered it
I've been hoping you'd cover this movie for years! I saw this movie around 13 years ago and I've thought about it once a week since.
I wanted to say how rad the sponsor is and how beautiful the jewelry is! Really love seeing guys embrace jewelry that they feel expresses them, and these pieces rule! Also, great video! 😅
This movie and The House That Jack Built are the perfect duo. Definitely recommending watching both consecutively!
I saw this at 16 when I did a paper in high school French class about horror films in French. Basically this SHOOK me. I got more disturbed but how nonchalant the leads are and how easy it is to talk about killing. A great film but if you don’t know what it is it is quite intense.
This was one of my first Criterion DVDs and still one of my favorites
Great video! I always look forward to the movies you cover/recommend. I will say, small note, I don't think he killed his friend by accident at his birthday party. There was a moment in the scene where the friend appears close/flirty with Valerie and we get a reaction shot of Remy watching them. I think it was a cheeky way of killing him while, in his flourish, make it *look* like an accident. But his stance when she shot him was very purposeful.
love your videos!!
I hope it's ok to ask this here, but would you ever consider covering recommendations of your go-to or must read film analysis/history etc. books? as an English/film major I really enjoy your analysis and interpretations of films so I was curious about which sources you recommend!
"If it bleeds, it leads" isn't a movie quote, it's a very, very old journalistic philosophy they teach is bad but, you know, true.
Another fantastic video as always Ryan! Looking forward to the day you can cover Japan's best found footage film Noroi: The Curse
I thought this video was gonna be on 'Be My Cat: A Film For Anne'
Maybe not, but hoyever in the meantime, you can watch Mista GG's short review in his "I Watched Four More Disturbing Films and Was Pleasantly Surprised" video (time stamp: 4:34). Believe it or not, it went on to catch the attention of the director himself Adrian Tofei, who stuck around in the comments! (He even replied to a couple of my own 😊).
3:31 it's because they haven't seen the "ANGST!" 1983 yet
Was just thinking about this movie tonight oddly enough. Unforgettable
You should totally cover "All My Friends Hate Me," really wild psychological horror that's very fun to analyze, I don't see many people covering it either.
The main character's actor is an incredible comedy actor who's very known in both France and Belgium he's really amazing
I love seeing people talk about our little country, it's so rare^^
Just FYI, the original title of the movie is "C'est arrivé près de chez vous", "It Happened Near You". I find it more relevant, transcribing well the intention of the authors and the banality of the violence that is shown in it.
It's been 20+ years since I watched it... I completely forgot everything that happens after the rival film crew.
i don't have much to say, just that this was very interesting! i love hearing about more obscure horror films, especially from non-english speaking countries; its always so fascinating seeing common tropes filtered through different cultural lenses (and in this case, using said tropes as cultural critique). its always so fascinating~
Amazing, one of my all time favourites.
Oh my god I remember being shown this movie in high school and becoming obsessed with it. Then I watched it after graduating college and thought a lot of it was shocking for the sake of shock value and it thought it was smarter than it actually was. I’m interested to see where you go with it
Edit after watching: I think I need to rewatch this movie now
I'd recommend Bad Boy Bubby (1993), it's a genuinely disturbing and beautiful film. One of the best films ever made that few people have seen.
I think while the humor of the plot alone is obvious, the fact most of the time he shoots people in the middle of a busy street, but never gets caught I found funny.
I couldn't help but get the impression of this movie being a mix between "American Psycho" and "Creep"
Really enjoyed this one, Man bites dog is a film that really stuck with me after seeing it. I think more so for how often I went back and forth on my feeling on the film. How it presents and justifies its violence in an almost shallow and direct way that your conclusion towards the end is that if “well yeah”
I saw this film while getting my schooling and training for 🎭 Cinema and Theatre.
It stuck with me, and I can't put my finger on why.
I'd love to appear in a film like this, despite it not being that well known in the States.
I love this film since I was searching for more movies like The Blair Witch Project was a teenager like five years after that came out. I always thought films like Creep and Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon were a more comedic evolution than this maybe that’s why I love them as well
My brain wasn't old enough to handle this film when I watched it.
My favourite mockumentary happens to also be Belgian: King of the Belgians. I LOVE that movie so much, I watch it everytime I'm upset and it never fails to make me feel better. Highly recommend.
Now this is a movie I never expected you to cover. Now you'll have to do Be My Cat Anne
Amazing video as usual.
"Man Bites Dog" has been my favorite film for nearly 15 years.
My friends and I spent years trying to order a dead-baby-boy in a bar.
When we get drunk we sing "CINEMA!!! CINEMA!!!!!!!!!"
Such an amazing film, one of the best mockumentaries, and one of the greatest black comedies AKA gallows humor films.
Fun fact for those who may not know: the ongoing joke in Peter Jackson's "King Kong" where Jack Black's character keeps dedicating the film to the the family of the most recently deceased film crew member is a direct homage to "Man Bites Dog" where the director does the same thing no less than three times.
~ Ryan your videos have been an inspiration for me to begin making my own CZcams videos, which I have been for the last year. My channel covers giallo films. Thank you for the work you have created for the last several years.
I like this mockumentary so much
As a belgian this is so great to see you talk about this movie!
Getting vibes of the Glacbeck Hostage Crisis with this one.
I saw this a long time ago (rented from a seedy video shop in the mid 90's) and as a then 25yr old in the UK found it a bit depressing but inherently an OK video to watch and swig homebrew with the lads. Hadn't thought about it again till now.
Thanks for putting a spin on a long forgotten movie from a better time of life.
speaking of Horror Comedy, there is a film called 'Wild Zero' about a zombie apocalypse and alien invasion made by the Japanese Garage Rock band Guitar Wolf.
its amazing.
Wow this actually sounds like a beautifully thought out movie
Crazy how films like this, that came out way before "The Killer" managed to do it way better before Fincher tried with that film.
Please i’m begging, cover the Ginger Snaps series!!! 😭
Love the mix of genuinely thought-provoking stuff like this atm - and trash like the Winnie the Pooh horror movie. Keep up the great work :).
Yay, he’s finally talking about it! Also Kid Cudi did a short film called Maniac which was based on this 👍
I saw this film 2 times in his original version (French is my first langage). The first time was in theatre on Montréal and I remember laughing all the time and, when I left the theatre, I asked myself : Why did I laughed?
The second time I saw it, my roommate rented it and there was two scenes cut from the theatrical version (the kid's murder and the rape). And, even without these scenes, my roommate did'nt finished it. Sorry for my English.
Randomly bought this during one of the annual criterion sales like 12-13 years ago and it blew me away. Great film. I’d love to see you cover SpoorLoos. It’s not really similar but I watched them on the same night so they remind me of each other now lol
Edit: and Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer please.
I would really like it if you made a video on the movie Orphan from (2009)... its an underatted gem.
What timing, I JUST watched this 3 days ago
When Ryan mentions the sound guy getting shot all I could picture was Trailer Park Boys haha
This is one movie I wished I watched before watching your video. I had a vague idea of the movie but I didn't know the details
Wicked. Good advice with that last line.
Saw it upon release. Not a rewatcher very often at all.
This was such an interesting video! I wish we had more portrayals of perpetrators like this
I saw this uncensored on the IFC channel when I was like 13 and I don't think my mind ever recovered. This is the film everyone pretends The Poughkeepsie Tapes is.
Holy cannoli I saw this at my Danish art class. No one ever talks about it and felt like a total weirdo having watched it. It sorta works a bit when you have Danish dark humour
Man Bites Dog is a masterpiece
I think this could be the inspiration for the videoclip for Justice's "Stress", directed by Romain Gavras.
My video stuttered at the beginning and so this video started off as "This video is sponsored by despair" and if thats not a tone setter than idk what is