What are the easily missed details of "Isle of Dogs"?

Johnny 2022-03-26 09:01:05

First, the dogs' names, collar plates, family, favorite foods (in order of appearance...)

No.1 Jupiter

Jupiter has the same name as the head of the gods who rule the gods and the mortal in Roman mythology. The opening prologue story comes from the mouth of Jupiter~

No.2 Oracle

Oracle oracle, philosopher, a dog who can only "understand" human news programs, the "prophet" of Canis Island, contracted most of the cute points in the film~

No.3 Spots

Spots' first appearance was in a cage, and his last appearance was under a tombstone. It's very scary to think about it - Atari is not the one who opened the cage for Spots, but the person who erects the monument for Spots. (Maybe I'm dark...)

After "The Grand Budapest Hotel", WA once again used pink so well. The pink nose makes Spots different from Chief. What's more interesting is that Spots' cubs also have pink noses.

No.4 Chief

Chief's appearance has its own cool attributes. I foolishly thought that WA was paying tribute to "Flying Over the Cuckoo's Nest", so this dog representing freedom has the same name as Chief who flew over the madhouse.

The black-to-white coat color and the collar nameplate made from scratch are intriguing. Perhaps white is the background color of Chief.

No.5 Rex

Coming from a teacher's family, the square nameplate reads "kennel cough, distemper, rabies, parvo". In my impression, Rex doesn't sneeze, so there is a reason for not sneezing, because so many vaccines have been given. . .

Rex's favorite time is doggy chop, so the bones hanging under the nameplate are self-evident~

No.6 Duke

"vaccinated" on the nameplate

Are super gossipy dogs related to the composition of the family (mainly gender...)

No.7 King

Record "Agent contact" on the nameplate

No.8 Boss

The nameplate records "mascot" "5 undefeated consecutive seasons"

The baseball-shaped nameplate, the mascot dog of the Kavasaki Dragon baseball team~The content of the nameplate corresponds to the Kavasaki Dragon baseball team's broken winning streak at the end of the film~WA's attention to detail in handling small details is evident~

Then, there is the BGM of the film. In addition to paying homage to "Seven Samurai", the Japanese traditional musical instrument Taiko occupies a large part, and in traditional Japanese culture, it is usually used to beat the Taiko to drive away the disease. The serum vaccine at the end of the film "drives away" this "biological disease". However, there may be another level of "disease", right?

scene model

Finally, some familiar tributes~

There are wood and there are very familiar~

Seeing these square solid garbage, the next second, Wali will appear in front of you. . .

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Isle of Dogs quotes

  • Chief: That kid is gonna get us all put to sleep. Euthanized. We won't find the dog, but we will die trying.

    Rex: Not a bad way to go.

  • Chief: Rex! King! Duke! Boss! You made it!

    Rex: What happened to you?

    Chief: I took a bath.

    Rex: What, he's got soap?

    Chief: Just a little.

    Rex: You're too fluffy.

    Chief: We played fetch.

    Rex: With a stick?

    Chief: With a hunk of rubber radiator tubing.

    Rex: And you brought it back to him?

    Chief: Yeah. He's a good boy.

    Rex: Don't you tell me that! I was the one that tried to make you be loyal to him in the first place!

    Chief: Stop, *stop*! This is the rendevous! Where's that trash-tram taking you?

    Rex: You think we booked this flight through a travel agent? We were fighting for our lives in a high-velocity trash-processor while you were getting scrubbed and brushed!

    Chief: Jump!

    Rex: Where?

    Chief: Here!

    Rex: When?

    Chief: Now!

    Rex: Why?

    Chief: *What*?