As many of you know, we here at Agent Marketing are like one big happy family. Imagine Shameless, crossed with a hint of The Simpsons with an added sprinkling of The Jetsons (the only reason the latter is there is because I was running out of ideas. Any suggestions please let me know).

So in this spirit of familial caring and sharing, giving and receiving, each Agent has been educating the others in their taste in cinema, in what can only be described as a very bizarre swap meet. The familiar routine of saying ‘got’ and ‘need’, whilst your friend shuffles through his football stickers gave me a warm sense of nostalgia. And yes, I was the kind of child that tried to convince the world that the foilys (or shinys as they are known here) I so desperately needed to complete my Panini Album weren’t worth three or four of my swaps .

If I cast my mind back far enough, the topic of alternative and international cinema reared its head when Wayne and I went off for a meeting with a client. Our creative oligarch reeled off a string of film titles which I have never heard of, but, caught my attention. The conversation spilled over when we got back to HQ with offers of DVD’s a plenty which could be borrowed.

Vish handed over Pan’s Labyrinth to Wayne (great film, a bit scary in places but nonetheless a very very good film). Wayne gave Clare Delicassen (another great production, black and white moody French film and one of Wayne’s favourites). I gave Paul 300 and (I’m counting this one as I’ve still not got it back since Xmas), the original BBC version of Narnia. All in all a great selection of differing cinema genres, styles and cultures.

So what did I get? Man Bites Dog. Ok, I can see what some of you might be thinking; obscure black and white, spoof documentary about an amiable but seriously warped mass murderer who has a particular fondness for postmen. The film that made Reservoir Dogs look like muzzled mongrels. The prize winning sensation of the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. No? Well I was taking a shot in the dark and quoting the blurb on the back of the DVD because for the life of me, I could not fathom what was going on. I got that it was supposed to be funny, which to be fair it was in very small episodes, but on the whole it was a bit boring.

Man Bits Dog has achieved cult status in the office (as no one apart from Wayne and I have seen it), and has been referenced in many jokes that bound around from time to time. As I watched it on a Sunday afternoon, I would say it is great to have that lazy midday siesta to, as you WILL fall asleep. If you remember my last blog, I did say that with anything you do, make sure you make a memory, so I would never tell you not to watch it. But if you don’t want to watch something and not think, there’s an hour and a half I’m never getting back, try and swap for something that is a little more recognisable to your existing taste in cinema. Then again, Wossy I am not, so scratch all that and get a copy!