It can’t be a coincidence that the title of Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs” sounds almost exactly like “I Love Dogs.” Anderson’s second stop-motion animated feature is a love letter to canines, the people who love their canines, and the unwavering loyalty that canines have come to represent all over the world. It’s also his mostly vivid and imaginative motion picture to date, and that’s really saying something.
Isle of Dogs take place in the near future, in the Japanese city of Megasaki, where the corrupt Mayor Kobayashi (Kunichi Nomura) has exiled every single dog to a nearby island full of garbage. Kobayashi says he wants to protect his city from canine diseases, but he’s actually involved in a complex multigenerational revenge scheme that dates back centuries, to the time when dogs screwed over the Kobayashi clan. Besides, the Kobayashis are totally “cat” people.
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Isle of Dogs take place in the near future, in the Japanese city of Megasaki, where the corrupt Mayor Kobayashi (Kunichi Nomura) has exiled every single dog to a nearby island full of garbage. Kobayashi says he wants to protect his city from canine diseases, but he’s actually involved in a complex multigenerational revenge scheme that dates back centuries, to the time when dogs screwed over the Kobayashi clan. Besides, the Kobayashis are totally “cat” people.
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