Gates of Heaven (1978)

This is a documentary about two pet cemeteries in the United States in the 1970s. When a house was poorly managed, the landlord took back its site for other purposes, so it closed down, and the animals buried in the ground were dug up and relocated. The boss recounted the time in front of the camera, angrily and excitedly, blaming a factory that decomposed animal carcasses and reused them, where animals' fur, muscles and bones could be used. The owner of the factory also appeared on camera, clanging about his business philosophy, saying how broad the market for the disposal of animal carcasses is and the absolute necessity of this service-if it is a sheep, a horse or an elephant in the zoo, pet cemeteries can only stare. At the end of the film is another well-functioning pet cemetery, where the director interviews the boss, the boss's two sons, and customers of all kinds. In the conversation in front of the camera, we know that various effective methods of this cemetery provide a decent graveyard for pets, provide prayers, and provide a good environment for remembrance. Dead pets get a kind of dignity, which comes from getting along with their owners and from people's good feelings for animals. Of course, this kind of emotion is only the background of the film, and what the director wants to say is that it is the undertide of social surging and a change of the American Dream. Like the owner of the cemetery.