Rabbits (2002) A Short Film by David Lynch

Rabbits (2002)

In a nameless city deluged by continuous rain, three rabbits live with a fearful mystery.

Written and Directed by David Lynch
Composer - Angelo Badalamenti
Cast - Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Scott Coffey, Rebekah Del Rio

[MovieMatinee]

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[Herculine]

When life does not make sense.... you watch a David Lynch story, and you remember there are things that make way less sense...

[mrbenoit]

This is what David Lunch sees when he watches a normal sitcom

[davidsummer]

Rabbits is filmed in front of a slightly terrified studio audience

[brunobucciaratiswife]

The dialogue makes sense but it’s out of order. Someone would have to match them all up.
The rabbits are dealing with a traumatic incident. They each speak of their own memories— the same incident, but they each perceived it differently. Their dialogue makes no sense because each of their “truths” were so different. Their trauma shook them up so badly that it infected their daily routine no matter how much they tried to keep their normal life.

[Chyrre]

This is exactly my experience of watching Friends

[firstnamelastname]

I’m at the worst point in my life right now mentally and somehow this is comforting

[sub-jec-tiv]

Naomi Watts had to grow her ears out for this one. You can barely tell it’s her. What a great actress!

[thatscousedude]

I gave my friend a copy of this to clear her frequent house parties when she wanted people to leave - it worked. Turns any happy atmosphere into existential dread😂

[DemonWarp]

One of my favorite fan theories is that the rabbits are three souls in hell. The reason why they talk in such a bizarre, disjointed way, is because the damned condemned to wander hell for eternity can see tha past, and predict the future, but they are unable to see the present.

[LarryXLR]

It's like watching an unnerving surrealist play, but you're the only one in the theater. Especially with the prerecorded applauses. Such an uneasy feeling. I love it.

[joeybeargroovesever]

"Were you blonde?" at the beginning and "I wonder who I will be?" at the end imply to me that these are the souls of the dead awaiting reincarnation.

[joncumber]

Perhaps the most successful artist who has attempted to get dream logic on film imho.

[bubbaducky]

The moment the mother said "it is 11:15 pm. it is dark outside" i checked my clock, and it was 11:15 pm on the dot. this movie is freaking me out

[thinginground]

I like to think that since we can’t see the TV in shot, it’s like they’re watching us. While we’re waiting for them to do something entertaining, they’re thinking the exact same thing whilst we blankly stare just as much as them

Also, the way the droning music progresses makes me feel like it’s about to climax (musically and visually) but it never does

[CrankyRayy]

I like how the audience cheers every time the father in the family walks through the door, as if he's the comedic/heroic "man of the house" sort of character you'd have in a traditional sitcom. Then he waits for them to stop laughing lol

[fibonacciCache]

i love that train sound in the background. the pulsating hum is hypnotic

[marcelogonzalez]

Amazing how Lynch managed to create AI Seinfeld 20 years before AI Seinfeld. The man is a true visionary.

[freyashipley]

David Lynch makes such great use of radiators, sick colored walls, the sounds of remote industry....

[zeeerrooo]

This would’ve been nightmare fuel to me 10 years ago, but now, this is comforting.