"Rabbits" is a 43-minute short film from 2002, so this one has its 15th anniversary this year. The writer and director is the (in)famous David Lynch and the voices you hear in here are basically all people who worked with Lynch on "Mullholland Dr." and a couple other films too the most known being Oscar nominee Naomi Watts. Anyway, this short movie here is probably one of Lynch's more known short film works. Camera is static and we watch several rabbit characters from start to finish how they interact with each other. It is all very mysterious and offers lots of room for interpretation. There is not one definite explanation/elaboration that makes sense, but it is all about the subjective take on what you see and especially what you hear. Occasionally the action and dialogues are interrupted by laughter and other sounds from the audience making this one look a bit like a sitcom. But there is really nothing funny about it and if you take a look at IMDb you see that all genres are pretty much included here with the exception of comedy. So yeah as always with Lynch there is some mystery and darkness attached to the movie. Quality-wise it is nothing too memorable though and the statement I made in the title may very well apply. It was probably only clear to him, maybe to the cast too, what was going on exactly, but for audiences the film keeps losing itself in its dark atmosphere and mysterious plot on so so many occasions. Way too many for such a brief film. Watch something else instead.
Review of Rabbits
