“When I turn my back I don't know you, not truly, but I can turn my back on my little dog and I know that he's not going to jump on me or bite me. But human beings can't be that way.”
I really love the use of color here. The greens of the grass just look so green. Then he frames people against wheat or some sort of tan dry plant. Morris really creates an idiosyncratic vibe by just showing the ordinary world. The best parts of the film are the interviews with people who have actually lost pets. If you had just walked in the room, you would have thought they were talking about a human family member, not a pet. The couple who talk about heart worm got me scared about my own dog who I give heart worm medicine to. The film also does a good job about presenting the dilemma about how to treat animals, and for that matter people, when they die. The lack of music in the ending is so right on. You really feel the weight of the silence when we see all the headstones. I also love when the woman is making the dog make noises. It’s super cute.
