A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)

A Boy and His Dog is a 1975 independently made American science fiction film produced, written with Alvy Moore, and directed by L. Q. Jones, starring Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Alvy Moore, and Jason Robards. The film was distributed in the U.S. by LQJAF Productions and in the UK by AngloEMI Film Distributors. The films script is based on the 1969 cycle of narratives by fantasy author Harlan Ellison titled A Boy and His Dog.

Set in a postnuclear war of the year 2024, the main character, Vic Don Johnson, is an 18yearold boy, born in and scavenging throughout the wasteland of the former southwestern United States. Vic is most concerned with food and sex having lost both of his parents, he has no formal education and does not understand ethics or morality. He is accompanied by a wellread, misanthropic, telepathic dog named Blood, who helps him locate women, in return for food. Blood cannot forage for himself, due to the same genetic engineering that granted him telepathy. The two steal for a living, evading bands of marauders, berserk androids, and mutants. Blood and Vic have an occasionally antagonistic relationship Blood frequently annoys Vic by calling him Albert for reasons never made clear, though they realize they need each other. Blood wishes to find a legendary promised land where above ground utopias are said to exist, though Vic believes that they must make the best of what they have.Searching a bunker for a woman for Vic to rape, they find one, but she has already been severely mutilated and is on the verge of death. Vic displays no pity, and is merely angered by the wastefulness of such an act as well as disgusted by the thought of satisfying his urges with a woman in such a condition. They move on, only to find slavers excavating another bunker. Vic steals several cans of their food, later using them to barter for goods in a nearby shantytown settlement. ........

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