{"id":85531,"date":"2022-07-16T17:09:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T00:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85531"},"modified":"2022-07-25T19:12:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T02:12:04","slug":"boy-and-his-dog-a-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85531","title":{"rendered":"Boy and His Dog, A (1975)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You\u2019re so funny when you&#8217;re sexually frustrated.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-And-His-Dog-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-And-His-Dog-Poster-194x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-85532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-And-His-Dog-Poster-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-And-His-Dog-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-And-His-Dog-Poster-174x270.png 174w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-And-His-Dog-Poster.png 609w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA survivor (Don Johnson) of a nuclear holocaust roams the wastelands of Arizona with his telepathically communicating dog Blood (Tiger), in search of females and food. Soon Vic (Johnson) is seduced by a beautiful young woman (Susanne Benton) who encourages him to come &#8220;downunder&#8221; to the Utopian town of Topeka &#8212; but will he follow her, given that he must leave his beloved canine companion behind?\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Dystopia<\/li>\n<li>Jason Robards Films<\/li>\n<li>Pets<\/li>\n<li>Post-Apocalypse<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<li>Talking Animals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary writes, this &#8220;cult science-fiction fantasy was capably adapted from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Boy_and_His_Dog\">Harlan Ellison&#8217;s Nebula Award-winning novella<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L._Q._Jones\">L.Q. Jones<\/a>,&#8221; who is &#8220;best known [as a supporting actor] for his appearances in Sam Peckinpah westerns.&#8221; He notes that good use was made of the &#8220;low budget, with extremely interesting visualizations of violent wasteland (anticipating <em>Mad Max<\/em> and <em>The Road Warrior<\/em>) and Topeka.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Wasteland2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Wasteland2-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-85535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Wasteland2-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Wasteland2-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Wasteland2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Wasteland2-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Wasteland2-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Wasteland2.png 1303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Topeka2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Topeka2-1024x430.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-85536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Topeka2-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Topeka2-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Topeka2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Topeka2-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Topeka2-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Topeka2.png 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary points out that while the picture &#8220;received much criticism for [its] depiction of women as sex objects,&#8221; &#8220;that is exactly the nightmarish vision Ellison and Jones see for this apocalyptic age&#8221; &#8212; not exactly &#8220;one they find appealing.&#8221; He adds that the &#8220;best part of [the] film is [the] wicked rat-a-tat dialogue between Vic and Blood, taken almost word for word from Ellison,&#8221; and describes Vic and Blood &#8220;like a comedy team cast in an absurd play.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-And-His-Dog-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-And-His-Dog-Still-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-85537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-And-His-Dog-Still-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-And-His-Dog-Still-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-And-His-Dog-Still-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-And-His-Dog-Still-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-And-His-Dog-Still-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-And-His-Dog-Still.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary elaborates on his review in his <em>Cult Movies 2<\/em> book, where he points out how &#8220;violent, sexy, [and] sometimes vulgar&#8221; this black comedy is despite its seemingly &#8220;kiddie fare&#8221; title, and he discusses some key changes made between the novella and this adaptation &#8212; primarily around the role of Quilla June (Benton), who was virginal in the book but here is a power-hungry seductress.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Bride.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Bride-1024x434.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-85544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Bride-1024x434.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Bride-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Bride-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Bride-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Bride-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Bride.png 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Personally, I have mixed feelings about this movie &#8212; and even Peary concedes that it&#8217;s &#8220;not for everyone.&#8221; While I can see its dark appeal as a film with &#8220;bizarre humor,&#8221; it&#8217;s too harsh for my tastes, especially given that there really isn&#8217;t a sympathetic character in sight (other than perhaps Blood, played in a &#8220;terrific performance&#8221; by Tiger of &#8220;The Brady Bunch&#8221; fame). Sure, this may be highly realistic for a movie portraying the darkest of End Times, but it&#8217;s hard to watch &#8212; especially without a woman to root for. While I&#8217;m glad I finally revisited this cult classic, it&#8217;s not a personal favorite.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Watch for Jason Robards, Jr. in a key role as a member of the triumvirate committee &#8220;downunder&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Robards.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Robards-1024x436.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-85545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Robards-1024x436.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Robards-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Robards-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Robards-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Robards-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Robards.png 1303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Appropriately bleak sets and atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Set-Mattresses.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Set-Mattresses-1024x434.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-85533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Set-Mattresses-1024x434.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Set-Mattresses-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Set-Mattresses-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Set-Mattresses-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Set-Mattresses-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boy-and-His-Dog-Set-Mattresses.png 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a cult favorite &#8212; though it may or may not be to your liking. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072730\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s4238dog.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/a-boy-and-his-dog\/review\/2030277663\/\">TV Guide Review (spoiler alert) <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/sciencefiction\/boy-and-his-dog-1975.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/a-boy-and-his-dog\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You\u2019re so funny when you&#8217;re sexually frustrated.&#8221; Synopsis: A survivor (Don Johnson) of a nuclear holocaust roams the wastelands of Arizona with his telepathically communicating dog Blood (Tiger), in search of females and food. Soon Vic (Johnson) is seduced by a beautiful young woman (Susanne Benton) who encourages him to come &#8220;downunder&#8221; to the Utopian town of Topeka &#8212; but will he follow her, given that he must leave his beloved canine companion behind? Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Black&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85531\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85531"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85814,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85531\/revisions\/85814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}