Mockumentary Night

Woody Allen’s directorial debut Take the Money and Run, about a bungling criminal with a pistol made of soap. A satire on the crime genre, bursting with of visual and verbal jokes in which craziness always triumphs: like in the scene where he conducts a documentary-style interview with his parents who are wearing Groucho Marx disguises to hide their shame about their son. The most frequently quoted line is the badly spelled robbery note: “Please put $50,000 into this bag and abt natural, because I am pointing a gub at you.”

Then we die laughing with C'est arrivé près de chez vous, a pitch-black mockumentary and instant cult hit in which a professional hit man is followed by a film crew who he manipulates in a masterly way, making them accomplices to his crimes. A smart, harsh indictment of the voyeurism of certain media and their grip on everyday life.

"Over the years many fiction films have borrowed from the documentary form to tell their stories. I’m really looking forward to this double bill, as these are two of the best examples!" – Martin Koolhoven.

Screening on 35mm from the Eye collection. Preceded by scenes and trailers from films including Zelig and Zusje.