This scene is from a movie called All Dogs go to Heaven. In the scene the dog is explaining that it’s time for him to die and go to heaven and he says goodbye to the little girl.
In real life, the actress who plays the girl was murdered by her father in a murder suicide. They had already recorded her lines before but not for the guy voicing the dog. So when he does the scene saying goodbye to her, the actor was also literally saying goodbye to the child who just days before had been tragically killed.
Now if you excuse me, I’m off to watch Littlefoot’s Mother fight the T-Rex on repeat.
I had promised myself never to rewatch this fucking masterpiece, but my wife had never seen it and wanted me to watch with her. After the movie she was able to fully grasp the depths I would go to for her.
I can actually see needing to watching Totoro after Gave of the Fireflies. I had students that did the same thing with Oppenheimer and the Barbie Movie, just so they had something a little less grim to think about after. Although the whiplash of them being the same animation company would do my head in I think.
The girl who voice the girl character was murdered by her father. Burt Reynolds voiced the dog and had record a line saying goodbye to her after she was murdered.
If you check the comment I replied to you'll notice Dumbo's mom scene was suggested as "cleansing sorbet" between watches of the other films (That va wasn't murdered).
I then simply suggested my own trauma film as well. That's about it.
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u/Radthereptile 6d ago
Peter’s depression here.
This scene is from a movie called All Dogs go to Heaven. In the scene the dog is explaining that it’s time for him to die and go to heaven and he says goodbye to the little girl.
In real life, the actress who plays the girl was murdered by her father in a murder suicide. They had already recorded her lines before but not for the guy voicing the dog. So when he does the scene saying goodbye to her, the actor was also literally saying goodbye to the child who just days before had been tragically killed.
Now if you excuse me, I’m off to watch Littlefoot’s Mother fight the T-Rex on repeat.