Rectangular_businessman
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I discovered this online series of shorts back then via Youtube, being one of the first videos I ever watched on that website.
During those years, I was starting to take interest into David Lynch's filmography after watching Mulholland Drive, which also led me to discover his weirder, more experimental work, such as this particular title.
Back then, I was fascinated by the way in which Lynch managed to turn elements normally associated with "cuteness" (Such as rabbits) and light-hearted entertainment (Such as sitcoms) with psychological horror, without any need for gore or grotesque imagery.
In some ways, one could said that "Rabbits" was a completely G-rated work, yet at the same it was incredibly haunting watching experience, disregard of (or maybe because) its inscrutable plot.
Even to this very day, I have no idea of its meaning (And Inland Empire certainly didn't clarify much either), but I'm still fascinated by its nightmarish eeriness, even after the "subversion" of wholesome media became so common in modern fiction that it ended losing all its novelty.
In times when most horror filmmakers seem to be unable to think in anything more complex than turning cartoon characters into serial killers, "Rabbits" still remains as a fascinating mystery without answer; and mystery, as Luis Bunuel once said, is the essential element of every work of art.
During those years, I was starting to take interest into David Lynch's filmography after watching Mulholland Drive, which also led me to discover his weirder, more experimental work, such as this particular title.
Back then, I was fascinated by the way in which Lynch managed to turn elements normally associated with "cuteness" (Such as rabbits) and light-hearted entertainment (Such as sitcoms) with psychological horror, without any need for gore or grotesque imagery.
In some ways, one could said that "Rabbits" was a completely G-rated work, yet at the same it was incredibly haunting watching experience, disregard of (or maybe because) its inscrutable plot.
Even to this very day, I have no idea of its meaning (And Inland Empire certainly didn't clarify much either), but I'm still fascinated by its nightmarish eeriness, even after the "subversion" of wholesome media became so common in modern fiction that it ended losing all its novelty.
In times when most horror filmmakers seem to be unable to think in anything more complex than turning cartoon characters into serial killers, "Rabbits" still remains as a fascinating mystery without answer; and mystery, as Luis Bunuel once said, is the essential element of every work of art.
