This movie is almost exactly 30 years ahead of its time. It is a brilliant allegory for these warped times where people think reality and truth are subjective but they're actually only lying to themselves and are probably perpetually depressed, even borderline psychotic in defense of their lies.
This movie on the surface is about a wannabe young yuppie named Michael on a first date being tasked to bury his wouldbe girlfriend's dead dog that died suddenly during their dinner. Randy Quaid plays the memorable Jack Cloud who appears like something unwelcome in a nightmare telling him he could sell that dog and knows where to go. That sets the stage for the rest of the night and the wannabe yuppie learns a little lesson about life and himself.
I first saw this movie in 2000 back when IFC was commercial free and NEVER thought of it then as I do now with people thinking it is virtuous to live their lies while demanding all people willing to be intimidated to also live their fiction like its truth, but come on people, who wants to buy your dead dog????
This movie on the surface is about a wannabe young yuppie named Michael on a first date being tasked to bury his wouldbe girlfriend's dead dog that died suddenly during their dinner. Randy Quaid plays the memorable Jack Cloud who appears like something unwelcome in a nightmare telling him he could sell that dog and knows where to go. That sets the stage for the rest of the night and the wannabe yuppie learns a little lesson about life and himself.
I first saw this movie in 2000 back when IFC was commercial free and NEVER thought of it then as I do now with people thinking it is virtuous to live their lies while demanding all people willing to be intimidated to also live their fiction like its truth, but come on people, who wants to buy your dead dog????