David Lynch's "Rabbits"
October 30, 2009 9:59 AM Subscribe
In a nameless city deluged by a continuous rain, three rabbits live with a fearful mystery...
[Rabbits - David Lynch, 2002.]
[Rabbits - David Lynch, 2002.]
It's like playing Silent Hill and reading a Russian phrasebook at the same time?
posted by demiurge at 10:17 AM on October 30, 2009
posted by demiurge at 10:17 AM on October 30, 2009
Oh, I guess the Russian subtitles were added by the YouTube uploader. Funny, I think it makes it a lot more interesting that way for some reason.
posted by demiurge at 10:19 AM on October 30, 2009
posted by demiurge at 10:19 AM on October 30, 2009
Is this something I need to be having a lot of sex to understand?
posted by MuffinMan at 10:20 AM on October 30, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by MuffinMan at 10:20 AM on October 30, 2009 [1 favorite]
I loved this series - it was such a bent and amusing parody of sitcom structure, crossed with Burroughs-esque cut-up technique dialog and interludes of bleak poetry and sublime horror. The completely inappropriate laugh track, the more-than-usual Lynchian anti-plotting and dreamlike wandering of thought... great stuff.
posted by FatherDagon at 10:27 AM on October 30, 2009
posted by FatherDagon at 10:27 AM on October 30, 2009
You mean I could have just watched these without all the rest of Inland Empire? I want those 13 hours back.
I kid (sort of) - I am a big Lynch fan, but that one was pretty borderline, even for me.
posted by ecurtz at 10:47 AM on October 30, 2009 [1 favorite]
I kid (sort of) - I am a big Lynch fan, but that one was pretty borderline, even for me.
posted by ecurtz at 10:47 AM on October 30, 2009 [1 favorite]
This should have been Fiver's vision in Watership Down.
Hazel, look... the room... it's covered with green wallpaper!
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:51 AM on October 30, 2009 [1 favorite]
Hazel, look... the room... it's covered with green wallpaper!
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:51 AM on October 30, 2009 [1 favorite]
Inland Empire was the film where David Lynch finally disappeared up his own ass.
posted by dortmunder at 11:58 AM on October 30, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by dortmunder at 11:58 AM on October 30, 2009 [1 favorite]
tl;dw
posted by CaptApollo at 12:07 PM on October 30, 2009
posted by CaptApollo at 12:07 PM on October 30, 2009
That remix hippybear linked to is great, but I couldn't find the lines "were you blonde?" and "i wonder what i'll be."
posted by es_de_bah at 12:10 PM on October 30, 2009
posted by es_de_bah at 12:10 PM on October 30, 2009
INLAND EMPIRE is my favorite David Lynch movie. I've seen it probably a dozen times.
posted by hermitosis at 12:14 PM on October 30, 2009
posted by hermitosis at 12:14 PM on October 30, 2009
Thanks for the link to the remix - that's very interesting. And probably more creepy than the original, actually. Also, here's another vote for Inland Empire. I enjoyed it and Mulholland Drive more than anything Lynch had done since Blue Velvet.
posted by aught at 12:40 PM on October 30, 2009
posted by aught at 12:40 PM on October 30, 2009
Inland Empire was the film where David Lynch finally disappeared up his own ass.
INLAND EMPIRE is the film where film crawled up its own ass, popped out its mouth and went BOO! (silently)
I love that movie
posted by The Whelk at 12:41 PM on October 30, 2009 [1 favorite]
INLAND EMPIRE is the film where film crawled up its own ass, popped out its mouth and went BOO! (silently)
I love that movie
posted by The Whelk at 12:41 PM on October 30, 2009 [1 favorite]
My favorite Lynch movie is The Straight Story. Does that mean I'm a boring prole?
posted by kmz at 12:42 PM on October 30, 2009
posted by kmz at 12:42 PM on October 30, 2009
My favorite Lynch movie is The Straight Story. Does that mean I'm a boring prole?
No it means you love the story of a violent alcoholic who ruined his family and is now trying to make amends for his decades of abuse while at the same time constructing a whole image and narrative about himself that's sweetness and G-rated.
posted by The Whelk at 12:46 PM on October 30, 2009
No it means you love the story of a violent alcoholic who ruined his family and is now trying to make amends for his decades of abuse while at the same time constructing a whole image and narrative about himself that's sweetness and G-rated.
posted by The Whelk at 12:46 PM on October 30, 2009
My favorite Lynch movie is The Straight Story. Does that mean I'm a boring prole?
No it means you love the story of a violent alcoholic who ruined his family and is now trying to make amends for his decades of abuse while at the same time constructing a whole image and narrative about himself that's sweetness and G-rated.
Yeah, that movie ROAHCKD!
posted by From Bklyn at 2:08 PM on October 30, 2009
No it means you love the story of a violent alcoholic who ruined his family and is now trying to make amends for his decades of abuse while at the same time constructing a whole image and narrative about himself that's sweetness and G-rated.
Yeah, that movie ROAHCKD!
posted by From Bklyn at 2:08 PM on October 30, 2009
Harvey?
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 4:13 PM on October 30, 2009
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 4:13 PM on October 30, 2009
Bless you, good mefiuser. Never managed to see this one before, now I shall.
Inland Empire broke my brain in ways I've yet to recover from. I'm still trying to gather enough courage to watch it for the second time. Perhaps I can defuse the rabbit parts with this, or (more probably?) otherwise this will push me to never again take a psychological evaluation in the future for fear of the consequences, heh.
posted by Iosephus at 5:39 PM on October 30, 2009
Inland Empire broke my brain in ways I've yet to recover from. I'm still trying to gather enough courage to watch it for the second time. Perhaps I can defuse the rabbit parts with this, or (more probably?) otherwise this will push me to never again take a psychological evaluation in the future for fear of the consequences, heh.
posted by Iosephus at 5:39 PM on October 30, 2009
wow, thanks for directing me to this, never seen it before and watched all 8 in a row. spellbinding and compelling. will watch the remix tomorrow.
posted by marienbad at 7:39 PM on October 30, 2009
posted by marienbad at 7:39 PM on October 30, 2009
I still can't quite believe David Lynch is on twitter.
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 3:17 AM on October 31, 2009
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 3:17 AM on October 31, 2009
Holy crap that remix is good. And the scream kinda took me by surprise. Man.
posted by Harry at 1:20 PM on October 31, 2009
posted by Harry at 1:20 PM on October 31, 2009
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