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For some reason, the rats are initially drawn as chihuahuas in an animation sequence.
But they reappear later in the doc as rat puppets that offer occasional commentary.
During the end credits, they harmonize a cover of Mobys song The Perfect Life.
To this day, I dont know whose poop it was, he says.
The word ALCOHOLIC appears on the whiteboard along with a large arrow pointing to him.
Moby smiles and flashes a thumbs-up.
Over strangely ominous background sounds, she asks him to talk about his feelings.
But her expressions dont seem fully genuine as she takes notes at one point, she yawns.
Her final professional personal verdict is that Moby is a sad and broken human being.
Most of the people chanting around him are wearing white robes and animal masks that completely cover their faces.
A red tint then washes over the room.
Elsewhere in the documentary, Moby praises nature and other animals for not caring about humans.
As he describes his suicidal thoughts, we get a reverse shot of the huskys indifferent reaction.
For this documentary, he returns to stand outside the house.
That includes a friend of his who, Moby remembers, was stabbed to death in the old factory.
The Sleep of Reason
This black-and-white sequence features Moby sitting at a table.
Video overlaid on his face depicts an iceberg falling into the water.
A flower blooms around Mintzs head.
The iceberg over his face reverses its course, coming out of the water.
His Alien Counterpart
The cartoon alien with antennae from hisWait for Mealbum cover appears throughout the documentary.
In one animated scene, Moby does a voice-over as the alien talks to a dog smoking a pipe.
Later, we see a cartoon Earth pop like a balloon after it hits a star behind the alien.
He says that he, too, is from another planet.
Extending that logic to sick and suffering people, Moby reasons that Death is merciful.
The documentary then rewinds through its scenes, all the way back to Mobys childhood.
Mintz is seated on the bed behind him and asks, Has this helped?
Moby is cut off before he can get out a full response.
