I’m not sure where to start on this one. It’s a David Lynch short film series that is around 42 minutes altogether. I’m a huge fan of Lynch and the atmosphere he creates. It’s only around 45 minutes long total. I have the complete film at the bottom of the post.
I would describe it as surrealistic, unnerving, confusing, and unnatural, with a sprinkling of dread. It’s not for everyone who likes more mainstream movies. It does not have a traditional plot to speak of. It has a touch of the bizarre that only David Lynch can bring you.
The film itself is really not scary itself…but…when I watched it late at night it gave me the creeps and I was looking around. It’s almost like looking at misery right in the eyes. The tagline is…
In a nameless city deluged by a continuous rain… three rabbits live with a fearful mystery.
Rabbits is a surreal series of short films that defies straightforward interpretation or logic. Released in 2002, the series features humanoid rabbits engaging in seemingly everyday activities, but in a deeply unsettling and atmospheric setting. The setting is what gets to you. The lighting of this series is incredible. You see their ear shadows on the wall and a constant storm outside. They keep saying something is wrong but you don’t know what.
David Lynch treats it like a sitcom with canned laughter except with the dark look. The rabbits sometimes speak in out-of-sync and incomplete sentences…The conversations that span over the nine episodes are directly connected in that the narrative seems to have been written and then rearranged. Some have put together all of the sentences on various websites.
You can get so many different meanings from it. Some say they are in purgatory, hell, or social comment on sitcoms or life.
The film is quite brilliant and it is very disturbing to watch. There are websites devoted to this film. After a while, I did want more but the film just continued to deliver what it had done at the very start except near the end where something happens…but you still are wondering. I think Lynch wants you to come to your own conclusion…because he is not doing it for you.
I’ve had this in my drafts for three years but never knew how to finish it and I’m not sure if I really succeeded now.
The Cast Was:
Naomi Watts – Suzi
Scott Coffey – Jack
Laura Harring – Jane
Here is a summary I lifted out of IMBD
Composed of nine episodes, David Lynch’s surrealist sitcom follows the strange co-existence and the disjointed conversations between three humanoid rabbits. Jack, in his impeccable suit, keeps walking in and out of the apartment, while Jane, in her pomegranate-red gown, does the ironing, and serious Suzie is sitting on a comfortable couch. Exchanging banalities, unexpected laugh-tracks interrupt the baffling moments of silence and the mysterious events that take place in the shoe-box apartment, leading to the ritualistic, and almost occult, recitation of eerie poetry, and the creepy, hair-raising encounter with something otherworldly. But, who is the man in the green coat?
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I watched the first 5 minutes and decided this is not for me.
It’s not for a lot of people…but a great study in film…
Never heard of it and after Monty Pythons Holy Grail it took me a long time to trust rabbits again. I don’t think I am willing to take that chance again. Bad jokes aside it sounds creepy!
It is but really interesting… I’ve watched it a few times…at the end it does get really creepy.
I remember when Twin Peaks debuted on TV and many were totally baffled and astonished at Lynch’s vision. His films always left me with something to remember them by, especially Blue Velvet. I forgot about this project he did, and need to circle back and watch it all. Thanks for the reminder and push, Max!
I left that out…he makes you think about it long after you see one of his films…thanks Bruce!
Can’t recall ever watchng that
Eyes won’t type, eek! Eye w ll need to be of ch pper mood to watch. restart ng computer to see f eye returns.
I’m so glad someone else is having that trouble! Yesterday I noticed it on two computers. Now they are typing for some reason but wasn’t this morning! A restart WON’T work. I had to comment on your blog by typing something into notepad and pasting it.
Randy & I both finding that glitch too. Annoying! Why I didn’t comment on anyone’s earlier today
Yea I started to type on Notepad…and cut and paste…I did it this morning.
My K disappears quite often which keeps me from making much sense. I find a K somewhere else and cut and paste the letter each time.
I was the letter i for me…they would not type in WP…more people were having the same trouble.
For me it was the r and the k – but I always thought it was the fault of the battery getting low in the keyboard – but you’re right, I never realized but it only happened in WP.
Yes…I had to comment to people by typing in notepad and copying and pasting into the comments.
Thanks for telling me I’m not the only one also. Now the “i” is working! I thought it was crumbs in the keyboard. We’ll see if it lasts. Thanks for making the effort to get your comment through to me. Didn’t we have to do the typing into notepad thing before?
Yes we did…I forgot why we had to before though.
Also if I paste a video from youtube by CRTL V it wipes out my page until I CRTL Z out of it.
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I thought my “i” key was going bananas!🤣
yes, bananas don’t have eyes lol
😂
Oh good, I was starting to wonder whether I had a computer problem. Glitches on WordPress are something that’s unheard of!
Definitely quirky, but not sure it’s for me. Points for creativity though!
On topic of quirky TV, did catch an old Twilight zone last night- ‘The man in the bottle’. Then I searched for your review of it from 2 years ago and agreed- one of the best I’ve seen . That creepy genie really made it.
Yea this one is so damn interesting…Bailey and I watched it one night and I still go back to it…Lynch’s films are different.
Oh I LOVE that one!
I watched the first 8 minutes of it. While I think rabbits are cute (the real furry critters), I’m afraid Lynch’s Rabbits aren’t my thing.
Sometimes I wonder whether certain famous artists arbitrarily do stuff only to watch with amusement when and how their audiences are agonizing to figure out the meaning.
I get where you are coming from but for me, I like the experimental side of it. It’s like watching a surreal nightmare where things are not in sync. I have watched it probably two or three times.
Perhaps it could be an acquired taste like most prog rock in my case!😆
Yea lol…well I like experimental things…and Lynch has that!
Lynch s always worth the time. will check out.
Thanks CB…it’s out there but that is him.
This video is definately my thing, Max. The soundscape made it even more bizarre.
I never thought of the sound but you are right. It’s very strange but I really like it.
I’d never heard of this series, and it’s very weird indeed. I watched a good deal of it, skimming through a few sections, but nothing of substance ever happens. David Lynch is both brilliant and mentally ill on some level, I believe, as most of his films have been impenetrable.
That is a great way to describe him! I’ve watched movies that I have forgot…but his that isn’t the case. Jeff I’m not sure if I like or hate it…but it sure holds my attention.