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Man Bites Dog
Man Bites Dog is a 1992 Belgian low budget movie about contract killer Ben. Ben has authorized a television crew to follow him in his daily life, as he goes about killing people, visiting his parents, killing more people and explaining to the camera the gruesome details of his job.
The movie is shot ‘mockumentary’ style and has a great sense of realism due to the gritty camera work, the street-talk dialogues and some crew members actually getting shot during the filming. The movie even comes to a point where director Rémy becomes so involved with Ben that he ends up shooting somebody himself ‘to see what it feels like’.
The underlying message is to ridicule modern day’s people’s loss of sensitivism when confronted with violence plus to make a striking parody on people’s hunger for ‘real’ news in reality shows on tv. As Ben explains in great detail the pleasure he gets from his work, the viewer is slowly absorbed by his twisted personality.
The following guns were used in the film Man Bites Dog:
Bruni 1911
A Bruni 1911 blankfire replica of the M1911 is the weapon used by Ben (Benoît Poelvoorde) on most occasions. It prominenty shows in most promotional shots plus on the movie poster. It's also used by Rémy (Rémy Belvaux) when he's invited by Ben to try for himself what it feels like to shoot somebody.
M1911A1
For mysterious reasons, what appears to be a real M1911A1 is used in several scenes by Ben when he’s not (!) actually firing, probably as a substitute for the blank-firing Bruni 1911 used in shooting scenes. Due to the gritty image quality of most scenes, it is not possible to identify the specific version of this weapon.
Bruni Magnum
A Bruni Magnum blank-firing revolver is used by Ben on several occasions, most notably during the taxi scene where he kidnaps a taxi to chase one of his victims. The Bruni Magnum appears to be based on the Colt Python and Colt Anaconda series but can be recognized by the Bruni inscriptions on the right side of the frame, just above the trigger.
