15 minutes of men behaving like dogs—and it's the most unsettling thing you'll watch today.
An anthromorphic tale, humans representing canines, of compulsive traits and raging desires. A gang of neutered men; fat, subdued and lazy, look out for their younger 'pup'- Rusty (Noah Taylor) who is always active and mischievous.
Direction
Curran's clinical eye makes the grotesque feel inevitable.
Acting
Noah Taylor's physicality is pure feral energy.
Production
The fat suits and lethargy are genuinely upsetting.
Director
John Curran
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was John Curran's thesis film at AFTRS; he later directed 'The Painted Veil' and episodes of 'Ozark.'
The film plays on Australian anxieties about masculinity in the Howard era—suburban neutering as national metaphor.
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