Curtis even directly states this in an interview with HotCorn.
What Rain And Racing Symbolize In The Filmīoth Garth Stein and director Simon Curtis have spoken about racing in The Art of Racing in the Rain being a metaphor for life. It allows the viewers to take a more simplistic approach, to just observe and watch, without the complications that come with human observation-like overanalyzing.
The Art of Racing in the Rain taking the point-of-view of Enzo allows the audience to explore and learn about human behavior along with the dog. Dogs also can’t speak, so they can be misunderstood and sometimes feel helpless, as shown when Enzo can’t warn the family about Eve (Amanda Seyfried)’s illness.
We see this several times in the movie, like when Enzo isn’t permitted at the hospital, at the funeral, and in the courtroom. However, dogs are also limited in that they’re not allowed to go into certain places. They don’t complicate things by trying to interpret body language or denying themselves pleasure or pain. They also have natural instincts and live life by following simple rules. Dogs have access to conversations that are private because humans don’t believe dogs completely understand them. This works so well because dogs are able to observe life in a way that humans cannot. One of the things that make The Art of Racing in the Rain fascinating is that the whole story is told from Enzo’s perspective. It’s also implied that Enzo’s plan to imprint his knowledge for the next life worked because that’s how the little boy Enzo became such a huge fan of Denny and wants to become a race car driver, a dream that dog Enzo had his whole life. He goes more into detail about the Mongolian belief inspiring Enzo’s story in an interview with Libro and on the FAQs page on his website. The Art of Racing in the Rain author Garth Stein has mentioned in several interviews how he used to work in documentary film, and learning about the Mongolian belief of dogs becoming men in their next life helped inspire the idea for Enzo’s story. It’s partly why he watches Denny and his life so closely. He even states that he wants to imprint as much knowledge about the human condition on himself now, so he’ll be ready for his next life. Enzo then spends most of the movie trying to prepare for that transition. The Art of Racing in the Rain starts with Enzo discussing this documentary that he saw about Mongolian people believing that dogs come back in their next lives as men, but only if they’re ready for it.
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