Rabbits (2002)

Rabbits is series of short films written and directed by David Lynch. It consists of an 8-episode series of short videos (DVD features seven of the eight episodes). The series was formerly shown exclusively on DavidLynch.com, but is no longer available there. Both the set and some footage of the rabbits are reused in Lynch's Inland Empire. Rabbits is presented with the tagline: "In a nameless city deluged by a continuous rain… three rabbits live with a fearful mystery". As with most of David Lynch's films, the score was composed by Angelo Badalamenti.

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Several fans have set up internet websites or posted on discussion forums, attempting to make sense of this surreal series. Explanations that come up the most often claim the three rabbits are in some sort of purgatory, or in hell. Several lines allude to a past life, possibly human ("Were you blonde?") and at times the rabbits seem to be possessed by lapses of awareness ("Something's wrong") that are drowned in nonsensical poem-recitings. There are furthermore many allusions to "a dark place" and a future life (the very last line, "I wonder who I will be"). There are also hints that they are being watched by some sort of audience ("I only wish they would go somewhere"). Aside from these obscure allusions to past and future life, there is also frequent mention of the time of the night ("It had something to do with the telling of time"). There are additional implications that one of them, possibly Jack, had committed a horrible crime ("no one must find out about this") and is preparing to pay the price. These features are all reminiscent of the work of playwright Samuel Beckett, particularly his full-length play "Endgame" and his short play "Come and Go."

There is a clear element of puzzled time, with certain people answering past or future questions posed by other characters. In fact, in different episodes, the same question is answered in different ways.

The disordered but seemingly related lines the rabbits speak suggest that the dialogue may be pieced together into sensible conversations, though there are no concrete clues in the dialogue that suggest this would work. Another possibility is that the episodes can be overlaid with the dialogue from other times in the series, fitting into the excessive gaps between lines in each episode.

As Dave Kehr noted in The New York Times, it was Alain Resnais who first put giant rodent heads on his actors in his 1980 film Mon oncle d'Amérique. This theme is further developed in Lynch's latest movie, INLAND EMPIRE.

Also in INLAND EMPIRE, Lynch used the symbol of burning a hole in silk and peering through it to see something new, possibly another world, while during the monologues of the three principal characters in Rabbits, a burning hole appears behind them. It's unknown if the use of this is directly referenced in INLAND EMPIRE, or just a coincidence.

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